Amy Schumer’s New Boyfriend Has Already Won Us Over

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By Maia Efrem January 6, 2016

The Forward’s favorite funny girl, Amy Schumer, has found love with someone and he looks like a winner!

The lucky guy who stole the comedian’s heart is a Chicago-based custom furniture designer Ben Hanisch, who may or may not be a nice Jewish boy (TBD). Hanisch is the founder of The Last Workshop, a design house making simple, functional and sleek wood-based furniture.

The lovebirds looked incredibly happy with each other as they announced their relationship on social media on January 5. Hanisch posted a smiling photo of the two with the sweetest caption:

Sometimes in life you get extremely lucky, and the smartest, funniest, most beautiful woman comes along when you least expect it. Here’s to what adventures 2016 brings!

A photo posted by benhanisch (@benhanisch) on Dec 31, 2015 at 5:40pm PST

Hanisch accompanied Schumer to her New Year’s eve appearance in Seattle. The two rang in the new year together, and he appeared next to her in this video she posted on Twitter:

For my thugs pic.twitter.com/lAjtNDTtpA

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) January 2, 2016

Days later, he accompanied Schumer, who has actively called for stricter gun control laws and an end to gun violence, to Washington DC. She sat in the front row during President Barack Obama’s announcement of his executive order for tighter background checks for gun sales at the White House. Schumer later posted a photo with other attendees, activists and Hanisch.

Casablanca @benhanisch @kimcaramele Jasy #stopgunviolence

A photo posted by @amyschumer on Jan 5, 2016 at 12:18pm PST

Fam and man at the whitehizzy pic.twitter.com/L27nIZsgpb

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) January 5, 2016

Any man who can steal Schumer’s heart will steal ours too. Wishing them all the best!

Maia Efrem is the former research editor and assistant to the editor and was also responsible for the Forward’s annual Salary Survey. Previously she served as the editor of Blognik Beat, a blog written by students who emigrated from or have ties to the Former Soviet Union. Maia is a graduate of Hunter College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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