“But this woman, she was just sweet. You know when you just see someone and you’re like ‘I just love you.’ I said ‘I’d like to buy it for you.’ She didn’t recognise me or anything. And then I saw that it became like news.”

Bemused by the public’s reaction to her generosity, Schumer said that more celebrities should indulge in the gift of giving.

“Are people with money not doing stuff like this?,” she asked. “I think they should do more, because you’ll feel better. And then they’ll do that for someone else, you hope.”

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Amy Schumer reveals why she's such a generous tipper