Amy Schumer makes the RARE move of posing with her mother Sandra at a NYC luncheon... years after she 'forgave' her for 'destructive' behavior

Amy Schumer made the rare move of posing with her mother Sandra Schumer.

The two were seen at Variety's 2024 Power of Women luncheon in New York City on Thursday.

The actress, 42, wore a lovely lavender gown that fit her body well and made her look slender. Her hair was pulled back as she wore purple toned makeup to match her dress.

She was seen sitting next to her mom who wore all black with her blonde hair down.

In 2022, Amy said she has had a complicated relationship with her mom which was hinted at during season one of Life & Beth.

While on the Making Space with Hoda Kotb podcast, she explained: 'I have certainly forgiven her. And she's a great grandma. We have a beautiful relationship, and [Life & Beth] is a lot about forgiveness and about dealing with your old traumas. I think it's just better for you physically, mentally, all of it.'

Amy Schumer made the rare move of posing with her mother Sandra Schumer. The two were seen at Variety's 2024 Power of Women luncheon in New York City on Thursday

She was seen sitting next to her mom who wore all black with her blonde hair down. In 2022, Amy said she has had a complicated relationship with her mom which was hinted at during season one of Life & Beth. While on the Making Space with Hoda Kotb podcast, she explained: 'I have certainly forgiven her. And she's a great grandma. We have a beautiful relationship'

Schumer explained what her mom had done.

'Well, she and my dad divorced when I was, like, 12 or 13,' she recalled. 'They both started dating, and I think some of her behavior around that time was pretty destructive to my sister and I.' 

But she has empathy now.

'Now being a mom, I can only imagine what it was like for her,' she told Hoda. 'She was, you know — single mother, three kids, we had no money. 

'She's a speech and hearing therapist for the deaf. She's working second and third jobs. Like, she's just trying to keep it moving. And I really can't judge her decisions, because I don't know what it's like to go through that. So I found a real level of forgiveness and empathy with her.'

While at the Variety event she gave an emotional speech.  

She moved the audience as she opened up about gun safety and the strides women have made while being honored at the star-studded celebrations.

Schumer explained what her mom had done. 'Well, she and my dad divorced when I was, like, 12 or 13,' she recalled. 'They both started dating, and I think some of her behavior around that time was pretty destructive to my sister and I'

Schumer was the recipient of the Variety Power of Women Award, an honor presented to her by Sascha Seinfeld, the daughter of Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld and a staff writer on her show Life & Beth. 

'I'm here representing Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action,' she began, according to Variety. 

Amy added: 'If you're interested in really helping, everytown.org is a great place to start. Ten years ago, Mayci Breaux and Jillian Johnson, two girls, went to go see my movie Trainwreck and they were shot in the movie theater, and that's what brought me to this work.

Schumer delivered a powerful speech about gun safety at the event

'What I've learned in my years of work with Everytown is that the gun lobby's strategy is hopelessness, and keeping us complacent, deceiving us into believing gun laws don't make a difference. But instead, we need every person to use their voice. And you won't believe this, but the most effective people have been mothers.

'And we have to vote out those who fail to do so, you know, who change the gun laws,' she said. 

'We are the lucky ones in this tent... if you're in this room, you already know that women are the strongest, smartest, most capable people there are.'

'Some would even say... that women are good leaders... and we carry the wisdom of so many women before us,' she said. 

Despite the inequalities women continue to face, Schumer said 'we are undoubtedly moving forward'.

She recounted the story of a production assistant who had been sexually harassed in the workplace - but didn't stay quiet about the behavior. 

A crew member employed on a project Schumer had been working on was  'sexually harassed by an actor on set,' the actress recalled. 

'And we've all been there. We've all been there. And felt shame and probably blamed ourselves, maybe let it tear us apart,' she said.

She stunned in a lilac dress with leg slit and a ruched detailing 

Jerry Seinfeld's wife Jessica Seinfeld (L) and Alexandra Wentworth (R) were among the attendees 

Schumer was presented with her award by Sascha Seinfeld, the daughter of Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld and a staff writer on her show Life & Beth 

The funny girl rubbed elbows with Hollywood icon Glenn Close 

Instead, Amy said the production assistant 'spoke up right away.'

'She told the appropriate people and she did what she needed to do to feel safe and to heal,' she said.

'And I called her to apologize and thank her for speaking up for the women who would come after her that she had saved. This isn't perfect, but this is progress. And many of you here, today, your work will help guide these women so when the time comes, they'll say, 'Oh I'm so sorry but not on my watch, motherf**ker.''

For her moment in the spotlight, Amy dazzled in a ruched lilac dress with thigh-high slit and her hair beautifully slicked back.