<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/writers-guild-of-america"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Writers Guild of America (WGA)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> writers have decided not to return to “The Drew Barrymore Show” following drama surrounding the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/strike"><span style="font-weight: 400;">strike</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which recently came to an end.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The daytime talk show’s eponymous host got into trouble last month when she decided to keep the program going amid the ongoing work stoppage. Even though </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drew-barrymore"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> technically wasn’t breaking the rules because her show was exempt if certain parameters were met, the host faced extreme backlash from both employees and fans who accused her of being a scab.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now anonymous sources </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-writers-decline-return-1235606269/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">tell</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Hollywood Reporter that three WGA writers who were invited back to “The Drew Barrymore Show” have declined the positions. It is expected to return to television on October 16.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All three </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood"><span style="font-weight: 400;">writers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8212; Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon, and Liz Koe &#8212; were on the picket line, the outlet noted. They spoke with THR on September 11 when they found out Barrymore’s show was supposed to come back on the air despite the ongoing strike.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It is a bummer to hear that the show is going back because it sends a message that union writers are not valuable,” White told THR at the time. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I understand that everybody has to do what they feel is best for them. For me and the WGA writers on the show, it’s important for us to stick with our union. We deserve a fair contract, so we are here today outside,” Kinnon agreed.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">White said she had “no comment” when asked if she planned to return to the talk show after the strike ended.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In mid-September, after opting to bring her talk show back on air as the WGA strike dragged on, Barrymore said, “I own this choice.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind,” she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By September 18, the 48-year-old actress had done an about-face as the negative press continued. “I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-does-about-face-pauses-talk-show-until-strike-ends"><span style="font-weight: 400;">posted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Instagram. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today. We really tried to find our way forward. And I truly hope for a resolution for the entire industry very soon.”</span></p>
<p>The WGA strike came to an end on September 27 after 148 days.</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drew-barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> has reversed course, now deciding to pause her eponymous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">talk show</a> as the writers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/strike">strike</a> in Hollywood drags on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 48-year-old celebrity faced enormous pressure following her decision to keep filming during the strike. It was enough to change her mind on the matter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the show’s premiere until the strike is over,” Barrymore posted to more than 17 million Instagram followers on Sunday. “I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today. We really tried to find our way forward. And I truly hope for a resolution for the entire industry very soon.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Drew Barrymore Show” was scheduled to return on Monday, September 18, without her three union writers. It had already resumed taping last week, which resulted in picketers showing up outside CBS Studios. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We support Drew’s decision to pause the show’s return and understand how complex and difficult this process has been for her,” a CBS Media Ventures spokesperson told </span><a href="https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-show-not-returning-strike-1235725739/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in a statement.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other daytime shows have resumed and are technically not breaking the rules of the strike under certain conditions, per </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/sep/18/drew-barrymore-postpones-talk-show-return-writers-strike-backlash"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Guardian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. That includes not promoting work covered by television, theatrical, or streaming contracts. “The View” and other programs have returned to television because they also fall under the “Network Code,” which makes them technically exempt.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Talk” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show” were also scheduled to come back on air Monday but have now decided to take a pause.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore said in a now-deleted video that she was trying to make the right decision for her employees while still respecting the terms of the strike. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I know there is just nothing I can do that will make this OK to those that it is not OK with. I fully accept that,&#8221; the talk show host said in the video posted to Instagram Friday. &#8220;I just want everyone to know my intentions have never been in a place to upset or hurt anymore. It’s not who I am.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I certainly couldn’t have expected this kind of attention,” she continued. “I wanted to do this because as I said, this is bigger than me, and there are other people’s jobs on the line.”</span></p>


Drew Barrymore Does About-Face, Pauses Talk Show Until Strike Ends

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drew-barrymore" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drew Barrymore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is no longer hosting an awards ceremony put on by The National Book Foundation due to her decision to resume filming her </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">talk show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> amid the writers and actors </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">strike</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Hollywood.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Foundation laid out their reasoning with a </span><a href="https://twitter.com/nationalbook/status/1701718719745978601?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on X they shared on Tuesday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The National Book Award is an evening dedicated to celebrating the power of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">literature</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the incomparable contributions of writers to our culture. In light of the announcement that ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms. Barrymore’s invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony. Our commitment is to ensure that the focus of the awards remains on celebrating writers and books, and we are grateful to Ms. Barrymore and her team for their understanding in this situation,” the post said.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This announcement was made after “The Drew Barrymore Show” attracted crowds of picketers outside CBS Studios on Monday. The 48-year-old celebrity justified her decision to resume filming by saying that the talk show would not use WGA writers and would therefore be in compliance with WGA and SAG-AFTRA rules. In May, Barrymore stepped down as host of the MTV Movie &amp; TV Awards to show solidarity with the Writers Guild.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I made a choice to walk away from the MTV, film and television awards because I was the host and it had a direct conflict with what the strike was dealing with which was studios, streamers, film, and television. It was also in the first week of the strike and so I did what I thought was the appropriate thing at the time to stand in solidarity with the writers,” Barrymore </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxBeKAZJ4Og/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Instagram Sunday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The actress noted how her talk show went on summer hiatus on April 20 before the WGA strike began, so they never had to shut down. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“However, I am also making the choice to come back for the first time in this strike for our show, that may have my name on it but this is bigger than just me,” she went on. “I own this choice. We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the writers from “The Drew Barrymore Show” showed up on the picket line Monday. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think in general, this is obviously bigger than us three writers on &#8216;The Drew Barrymore Show.&#8217; It is a bummer to hear that the show is going back because it sends a message that union writers are not valuable,” writer Chelsea White told </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-audience-kicked-out-1235587064/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hollywood Reporter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “And it goes directly against what the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, all the unions are trying to band together to stand up against the greedy studios.”</span></p>


Drew Barrymore Axed As Awards Ceremony Host After Her Talk Show Returns Amid Hollywood Strike

<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-ushered-away-after-man-rushes-stage-i-need-to-see-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Barrymore&#8217;s</a> alleged stalker was arrested in New York on Thursday and later freed after the man had made multiple attempts to reach the actress during the week, including rushing the stage at a 92nd Street Y event at which he demanded to see her.</p>
<p>The 43-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., was arrested by Southampton Town Police at 11:59 p.m. local time and booked in relation to a fourth-degree misdemeanor charge of stalking, according to a press release from Lt. Todd Spencer, a spokesperson for the department, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/drew-barrymore-alleged-stalker-chad-michael-busto-arrested-new-york-1235574423/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>He was held overnight and during a Friday morning arraignment, he was reportedly warned by Judge Barbara Wilson to stay away from the talk show host, a Southampton court source told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/25/drew-barrymores-stalker-freed-by-li-judge-warned-to-stay-away-from-her/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NY Post</a>.</p>
<p>The man, who has a long criminal record, was then freed by the judge because of the state&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ny-major-crime-soars-police-blame-bail-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bail reform</a> laws, the outlet noted. In 2019, a misdemeanor fourth-degree stalking charge was no longer bail-eligible following legislation that prevents judges from being able to send criminals of most misdemeanors to jail.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, the crazed fan was detained and released after he had been located going door to door in Barrymore&#8217;s neighborhood allegedly asking residents where the actress lived.</p>
<p>During a follow-up investigation, the department&#8217;s detectives were notified of the fan&#8217;s alleged conduct and prior reported incidents, which &#8220;led to facts that substantiated a charge for stalking,&#8221; according to the department, THR noted. On Thursday afternoon, he was taken into custody.</p>
<p>On Monday, the 48-year-old actress was talking with singer and actor Reneé Rapp during an event at a cultural center in Manhattan when the alleged stalker approached, interrupting the discussion, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/drew-barrymore-rushed-nyc-stage-renee-rapp-man-yelling-know-approaches-rcna101197" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> reported.</p>
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<p>Barrymore was discussing her career when she heard someone yelling her name, &#8220;Drew Barrymore,&#8221; and reportedly shouting his own name. It was then that the talk show host&#8217;s expression changed, and she said, &#8220;Oh my God! Yes! Hi!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You know who I am,&#8221; the man reportedly continued yelling. &#8220;I need to see you at some point while you&#8217;re in New York, okay?&#8221;</p>
<p>Rapp&#8217;s body language seemed to change rapidly as the man got closer to the stage. The singer then stood up, put her arm around Barrymore, and escorted her out of the room. In the clip, two people who look like security guards intercepted the man and escorted him out. There was no police report on the incident filed, the outlet noted.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-ushered-away-after-man-rushes-stage-i-need-to-see-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Barrymore Ushered Away After Man Rushes Stage: &#8216;I Need To See You&#8217;</a></strong></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-gets-emotional-talking-about-raising-her-kids-in-the-public-eye" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Barrymore</a> was ushered away from a panel event in New York City on Monday after a man rushed the stage telling the actress, &#8220;I need to see you.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a video that surfaced on social media, the 48-year-old was talking with singer and actor Reneé Rapp during an event at a cultural center in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/manhattan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manhattan</a> when the man approached, interrupting the discussion, &#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/drew-barrymore-rushed-nyc-stage-renee-rapp-man-yelling-know-approaches-rcna101197" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> reported.</p>
<p>Barrymore appeared calm in the clip as she discussed her career until she heard someone yelling her name, &#8220;Drew Barrymore,&#8221; and reportedly shouting his own name. It was then the talk show host&#8217;s expression changed, and she said, &#8220;Oh my God! Yes! Hi!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You know who I am,&#8221; the man reportedly continued yelling. &#8220;I need to see you at some point while you&#8217;re in New York, okay?&#8221;</p>
<p>Rapp&#8217;s body language seemed to change rapidly as the man got closer to the stage. The singer then stood up, put her arm around Barrymore, and escorted her out of the room.</p>
<p>In the clip, two people who look like security guards intercepted the man and escorted him out.</p>
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<p>One person who witnessed the incident told the <a href="https://www.insider.com/drew-barrymore-renee-rapp-escorted-off-stage-interview-2023-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outlet</a>, &#8220;At first I thought it was a planned guest because Drew was so warm and excited to see him.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;But then we saw Reneé kick into protective mode,&#8221; the person added. &#8220;Then he said his name and started to get more aggressive so we all realized something was off.&#8221;</p>
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<p>After things seemed to calm down, the &#8220;Charlie&#8217;s Angels&#8221; star returned to the stage, calling Rapp her bodyguard.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, I have a new definition of your sexiness, it&#8217;s that level of protectiveness,&#8221; Barrymore said. &#8220;That went full &#8216;Bodyguard.&#8217; You are my Kevin Costner.&#8221;</p>
<p>At the time of this publication, no police report on the incident has been filed.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-jumps-into-action-when-fan-bursts-into-tears-whose-a-do-i-have-to-kick" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Barrymore Jumps Into Action When Fan Bursts Into Tears: &#8216;Whose A** Do I Have To Kick?&#8217;</a></strong></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/steven-spielberg"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Steven Spielberg</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> said he saw firsthand some of the challenges </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drew-barrymore"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drew Barrymore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> experienced during childhood but couldn’t do much to intervene.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 76-year-old filmmaker recalled what it was like having Barrymore on the set of his cult classic science-fiction film, “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” (1982), when she was just seven years old. The actress said in an interview published in </span><a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/drew-barrymore-show-profile.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vulture</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Spielberg was “the only person in my life to this day that ever was a parental figure.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Academy Award winner eventually became Barrymore’s godfather after declining her request that he step in as her dad. Her birth father, the late actor John Drew Barrymore, was abusive and an alcoholic, the outlet noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spielberg didn’t shatter the little girl’s illusion that E.T. was real and not just a robot. He even said to have kept operators on hand so Barrymore could eat lunch with her “co-star.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I didn’t want to burst the bubble,” Spielberg said of keeping up the ruse. “So I simply said, ‘It’s okay, E.T. is so special E.T. has eight assistants. I am the director, I only have one.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The article also noted how Spielberg would tell Barrymore to remove her bright red lipstick when she showed up on set. The actress previously described her <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/steven-spielberg-helpless-drew-barrymore-et-robbed-childhood-1235634964/">tumultuous</a> childhood, which included using marijuana when she was ten and snorting cocaine at 12. Barrymore did her first stint in rehab at 12 years old.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“She was staying up way past her bedtime, going to places she should have only been hearing about, and living a life at a very tender age that I think robbed her of her childhood,” Spielberg told the publication. “Yet I felt very helpless because I wasn’t her dad. I could only kind of be a consigliere to her.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore also spent time with Spielberg and his family “on weekends; he gave her a cat she named Gertie and took her to Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During the same interview, Barrymore spoke about her tumultuous relationship with her mother, Jaid Barrymore. The actress accused tabloid outlets of twisting her words when they reported that Barrymore was looking forward to her mom’s death, as The Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-scolds-tabloids-for-claiming-she-cannot-wait-until-her-mom-is-dead"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>


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Steven Spielberg 'Felt Helpless' Seeing Drew Barrymore 'Robbed Of Her Childhood' 

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drew-barrymore"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drew Barrymore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> took tabloids to task for publishing headlines about her saying she’s looking forward to her estranged </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/motherhood"><span style="font-weight: 400;">mother</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jaid Barrymore’s death.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The situation stemmed from a recent interview with the 48-year-old former child star in </span><a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/drew-barrymore-show-profile.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Magazine</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. While discussing friends who have lost parents, Barrymore talked about her complicated relationship with her mother.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“All their moms are gone, and my mom’s not. And I’m like, ‘Well, I don’t have that luxury.’ But I cannot wait,” the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">actress</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I don’t want to live in a state where I wish someone to be gone sooner than they’re meant to be so I can grow. I actually want her to be happy and thrive and be healthy. But I have to f***ing grow in spite of her being on this planet.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A short time later during the same interview, Barrymore seemed to walk back her original comments. “I dared to say it, and I didn’t feel good,” she said. “I do care. I’ll never not care. I don’t know if I’ve ever known how to fully guard, close off, not feel, build the wall up.”</span></p>
<p>After tabloids, including Page Six, picked up the story and published headlines claiming that Barrymore wished her mom was dead, the actress headed to social media to clarify her statements.</p>
<p>&#8220;You know what, to all you tabloids out there, you have been f***ing with my life since I was 13 years old. I have never said that I wish my mother was dead,&#8221; Barrymore told <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CtIAMOQAkiK/">Instagram</a> followers in a video message. &#8220;How dare you put those words in my mouth. I have been vulnerable, and tried to figure out a very difficult, painful relationship, while admitting it is difficult to do while a parent is alive.&#8221;</p>
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<p>She continued: &#8220;And that, for those of us who have to figure that out, in real time, cannot wait, as in they cannot wait for the time, not that the parent is dead. Don&#8217;t twist my words around or ever say that I wish my mother was dead. I have never said that. I never would.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The talk show host has previously discussed her experiences growing up in Hollywood with her mom Jaid as her manager. She recalled being given a lot of freedom and being exposed to adult situations, including being taken to Studio 54 as a child. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore went to rehab at the age of 12 for drug and alcohol abuse and was placed into a psychiatric ward in California at 13 at her mother’s request. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think she created a monster, and she didn’t know what to do with the monster,” the “50 First Dates” actress told Howard Stern during a 2021 interview.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During a 2022 interview, the actress took responsibility for her actions, saying she wasn’t an easy child to raise.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Daughters to mothers, I think we have a predisposed expectation where we don&#8217;t want you to be selfish,&#8221; Barrymore told </span><a href="https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20220620143449/drew-barrymore-difficult-relationship-estranged-mother-revelation/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hello Magazine</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. &#8220;My mom was selfish too and it screwed me up, but you know what, I carried that with me and I acted from a place of a wounded child who also felt like they had to be an adult too quickly, and I didn&#8217;t understand the parent-child dynamic.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;As selfish as my mom was, I have to give her a lot of room too because I was not easy,&#8221; she said, describing her “wild child” teen years. &#8220;Our life was set up for crash and burn disaster, I was completely out of control.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;She did not know how to control me anymore,&#8221; Barrymore said. &#8220;These were very painful things for both of us to go through…Her choices came from things that were real for her.&#8221;</span></p>


Drew Barrymore Scolds Tabloids For Claiming She ‘Cannot Wait’ Until Her Mom Is Dead

Drew Barrymore Scolds Tabloids For Claiming She 'Cannot Wait' Until Her Mom Is Dead

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<p>Actress and television talk show host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/needy-and-weird-brooke-shields-and-drew-barrymore-dish-on-their-experience-with-stage-moms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Barrymore</a> was quick to respond when a fan broke down in tears during a recent taping of &#8220;The Drew Barrymore Show,&#8221; crossing the set to comfort the woman and demanding to know who had made her cry.</p>
<p>Barrymore spent a few moments talking to the woman, who said she was just a huge fan and was feeling a little overwhelmed — and afterward, the show&#8217;s official Instagram account shared video of the exchange on Thursday.</p>
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<p>The actress was seated on set with her guests when she noticed that a woman in the audience was crying. Barrymore got to her feet, asking, &#8220;Are you okay? Did anything happen? Whose a** do I have to kick?&#8221;</p>
<p>The audience laughed as Barrymore crossed the set to talk to the woman, who waved her hands to fan herself as she got closer. &#8220;She loves you so much,&#8221; the woman&#8217;s friend explained.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh! Oh, God, thank God it&#8217;s nothing bad,&#8221; Barrymore said as the woman reassured her that she was okay. &#8220;Did you see me coming up here? I was like, tell me where they are! Because I will take them down, who made you cry?&#8221;</p>
<p>The audience continued to laugh as the woman regained her composure, explaining that Barrymore had been her &#8220;childhood idol,&#8221; but that she hadn&#8217;t wanted to be &#8220;that person,&#8221; the one who got emotional during the taping — and Barrymore interrupted.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Oh, screw that, be that person!&#8221; she said, and she walked around the barrier and into the audience seating area to give the woman, who said her name was Olivia, a hug.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know why I have the urge to do this,&#8221; Barrymore joked, sitting on the woman&#8217;s lap and hugging her again. &#8220;This is such an honor for me to meet you, I&#8217;m sorry, I have dumpling breath.&#8221;</p>
<p>Getting up to go back to taping, Barrymore added, &#8220;It&#8217;s so funny that you would say that you don&#8217;t want to cry here, I cry here all the time.&#8221;</p>


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Drew Barrymore Jumps Into Action When Fan Bursts Into Tears: ‘Whose A** Do I Have To Kick?’

Drew Barrymore Jumps Into Action When Fan Bursts Into Tears

<p>Actresses Brooke Shields and Drew Barrymore shared their personal experiences with their own ever-present and &#8220;needy and weird&#8221; stage moms during a recent interview.</p>
<p>Shields, who has been in headlines recently because of her Hulu documentary &#8220;Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,&#8221; joined her friend and fellow grown-up child star for Tuesday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Drew Barrymore Show&#8221; – and Barrymore got right down to brass tacks.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/BrookeShields?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrookeShields</a> on why her mom was always with her in interviews. </p>
<p>Watch <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrettyBaby?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrettyBaby</a>: Brooke Shields now on <a href="https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hulu</a>. <a href="https://t.co/DHM6QbcbFq">pic.twitter.com/DHM6QbcbFq</a></p>
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<p>The &#8220;E.T.&#8221; actress asked Shields whether her mother, Teri Shields, had ever crossed the line — a line that Jaid Barrymore had crossed – and dated the same men that her daughter had.</p>
<p>&#8220;No, because she was in love with me &#8230; I was her main focus. Both of us were cut off from our sexuality,&#8221; Shields replied, adding that her mother at the time had been so focused on helping her with her career that she had not really seemed interested in men at all.</p>
<p>Barrymore responded by joking that perhaps her own mother had been a little bit in love with her as well, but that she had showed it in a different way: &#8220;My mom was so enamored with me that she wanted to be with the people I was with.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I get it. It’s so needy and weird,&#8221; Shields replied.</p>
<p>Shields went on to explain that, for a number of years, her mother had been present and a part of every interview that she gave.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8216;No one’s going to get you. I’m going to be there. I’m there first. You’re mine. I’m not going to give you to somebody,'&#8221; Shields explained her mother&#8217;s rationale, adding that it was presented &#8220;under the guise of protection, but it was more ownership and fear, I think.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;But to emerge from it not angry or jaded … it’s something in your character. It’s in my character,&#8221; Shields said to Barrymore of their shared experience.</p>
<p>Shields also spoke in the interview about her take on the #MeToo movement — especially after being sexualized in Hollywood as a young teenager.</p>
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<p>Watch <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrettyBaby?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrettyBaby</a>: Brooke Shields now on <a href="https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hulu</a>. <a href="https://t.co/F2Y9scpEnM">pic.twitter.com/F2Y9scpEnM</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Drew Barrymore Show (@DrewBarrymoreTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewBarrymoreTV/status/1645792818101915653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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‘Needy And Weird’: Brooke Shields And Drew Barrymore Dish On Their Experience With Stage Moms

Brooke Shields And Drew Barrymore Dish On Their Experience With Stage Moms

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drew-barrymore"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drew Barrymore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> had a lighthearted response for her onetime co-star </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hugh Grant</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who recently criticized her singing ability.</span></p>
<p>Grant said during an interview with Wired posted Monday that both he and Barrymore benefited from the wonders of editing in the <span style="font-weight: 400;">2007 romantic comedy “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Music and Lyrics</span></a>.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 62-year-old British star </span><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/drew-barrymore-responds-hugh-grant-calling-singing-horrendous-music-and-lyrics-1235354929/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> he was “auto-tuned beyond belief. Actually, that’s not true. I’m auto-tuned a bit, but not as much as some.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grant then claimed that Barrymore wouldn’t mind him saying “her singing is just horrendous” in the movie.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ve heard dogs bark better than she sings,” he quipped. “But … once they tuned her up, she sounded way better than me, because she’s got heart and voice and rock ‘n’ roll. Whereas I sounded like Julie Andrews, and I meant to be kind of rock ‘n’ roll as well.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore responded to the jab Thursday by posting a </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp3V1LVMpdz/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to her Instagram, which she captioned, &#8220;#SingForHugh JOIN ME.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The clip featured the actress belting out the song “Way Back Into Love,” from “Music and Lyrics.” After she concludes her rendition, Barrymore addresses Grant with a sly smile and says, “Oh Hugh, Bert, Hubert, that’s for you.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Both Grant and Barrymore have been making headlines recently for reasons that have nothing to do with singing. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Grant was criticized by Oscars viewers who accused him of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hugh-grant-dragged-for-awkward-oscars-interview-maybe-he-should-stay-home"><span style="font-weight: 400;">being rude</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to Ashley Graham during a red carpet interview. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Is Hugh Grant just an arrogant d*** all the time?” one person wrote in reaction to the clip, while another said, “hugh grant wants no part of this dumb sh**.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, Barrymore came under fire for kneeling in front of trans activist Dylan Mulvaney during an interview on her talk show, “The Drew Barrymore Show.” Mulvaney was there to discuss the popular TikTok series “Days of Girlhood,” which documents the influencer’s “transition process.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “50 First Dates” actress knelt in front of Mulvaney to show her compassion for the influencer’s struggle against “hate.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Still images of the exchange went </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pure-cringe-drew-barrymore-kneels-before-trans-activist-dylan-mulvaney-during-talk-show-appearance"><span style="font-weight: 400;">viral on Twitter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, prompting critics to point out what they see as the symbolism of Barrymore’s pose.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Drew Barrymore getting on her knees to worship at the feet of Dylan Mulvaney might be one of [the] more disturbing moments of recent TV,” one Twitter user wrote. “Why are women fawning over men who appropriate degrading caricatures of womanhood?”</span></p>


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Drew Barrymore Responds To Hugh Grant Saying 'I’ve Heard Dogs Bark Better Than She Sings' 

<p>Megyn Kelly slammed actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pure-cringe-drew-barrymore-kneels-before-trans-activist-dylan-mulvaney-during-talk-show-appearance">Drew Barrymore</a> for &#8220;praying at the transgender altar&#8221; when she kneeled before trans activist and biological male Dylan Mulvaney.</p>
<p>During Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; podcast, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly">host</a> introduced the <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1635630171058233345?s=20">clip</a> that had surfaced — showing the host of &#8220;The Drew Barrymore Show&#8221; on her knees in front of the trans-identifying Tiktok star Mulvaney as Barrymore voiced her support for the activist&#8217;s transition experience.</p>
<p>Kelly admitted she doesn’t watch Barrymore’s show saying that it struggled to get even close to the ratings &#8220;every show on Fox in the primetime or early prime&#8221; gets — and then asked where are the &#8220;strong women?&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;What is most bizarre here – here, Dylan [Mulvaney] is the normal one,&#8221; the host explained. &#8220;Dylan is not behaving to me in any particularly odd way. Drew Barrymore is.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;As an image, [Barrymore kneeling] encapsulates a lot of what is driving actual biological women nuts about this whole evolution, which is trans women are coming into our locker rooms, in our sports, in our bathrooms, in our colleges, and so on and taking over,&#8221; she added. &#8220;And we as women are expected to take the knee and just be thankful and say, &#8216;We appreciate what you&#8217;re doing to us, and anything else means you&#8217;re a bigot.'&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drew Barrymore gets down on her knees to bond with Dylan Mulvaney.. man what am I looking at? <a href="https://t.co/utxoEn2EiA">pic.twitter.com/utxoEn2EiA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1635630171058233345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;It was so cringy,&#8221; the former Fox News host continued. &#8220;Her fake smile … This is an actress. Drew Barrymore is acting. And what was she acting the part of? Woke, weak, white woman praying at the transgender altar. That&#8217;s her part in this particular role …&#8221;</p>
<p>The podcast host asked why they both ended up kneeling on the ground after Mulvaney joined Barrymore on the floor because the floor &#8220;feels safer.&#8221;</p>
<p>She then sarcastically suggested maybe she should do the &#8220;next presidential debate from the floor.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Perhaps I should have been sitting on the floor when I asked [President Donald] Trump or any of these other guys tough questions,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;How weak is she &#8230; Where are the strong women? What is it? False strength by showing every weakness coming out of your pores. And it may all be an affectation, which makes it even more insulting.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-fing-man-is-ever-going-to-have-megyn-kelly-speaks-out-against-trans-person-claiming-to-have-ob-gyn-in-ymca-locker-room-defense">&#8216;No F***ing Man Is Ever Going To Have&#8217;: Megyn Kelly Speaks Out Against Trans Person Claiming To Have OB-GYN In YMCA Locker Room Defense</a></strong></p>


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‘Woke, Weak, White Woman’: Megyn Kelly Slams Drew Barrymore For ‘Praying At The Transgender Altar’ After Kneeling To Dylan Mulvaney

'Woke, Weak, White Woman’: Megyn Kelly Slams Drew Barrymore For ‘Praying At The Transgender Altar’ After Kneeling To Dylan Mulvaney

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actress </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drew Barrymore</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> literally got down on her knees in front of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender"><span style="font-weight: 400;">trans activist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Dylan Mulvaney to show her support during a Monday episode of her </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television"><span style="font-weight: 400;">talk show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A clip of the moment started circulating on </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, with users expressing their reactions. Mulvaney was on the show to discuss the popular TikTok series “Days of Girlhood,” which documents the influencer’s “transition process.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore kneeled in front of Mulvaney’s chair while the influencer discussed being disliked and trying to “combat the hate.”</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drew Barrymore gets down on her knees to bond with Dylan Mulvaney.. man what am I looking at? <a href="https://t.co/utxoEn2EiA">pic.twitter.com/utxoEn2EiA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1635630171058233345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Drew Barrymore getting on her knees to worship at the feet of Dylan Mulvaney might be one of [the] more disturbing moments of recent TV,” one Twitter user </span><a href="https://twitter.com/eternalmoonshne/status/1635455533216849921"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “Why are women fawning over men who appropriate degrading caricatures of womanhood?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh goodness, Drew Barrymore, you know better than this—you&#8217;ve had children. You know that being a woman is more than a mask you wear. It&#8217;s not just glitter eyeshadow and pretty dresses—it&#8217;s baby puke and 2 AM feedings and smelly husbands. Dylan Mulvaney is wearing #WomanFace,” a second person </span><a href="https://twitter.com/rightchriscook/status/1635602010740326400"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Wow &#8230; Drew Barrymore is on her knees bowing before a man.  How feminist of her,” another comment </span><a href="https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1635619401972981760"><span style="font-weight: 400;">echoed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is pure CRINGE. I can&#8217;t believe Drew Barrymore is just enabling this mentally ill weirdo,” a fourth person </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Nina7Infinity/status/1635478754066677760"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore described herself as a “huge fan” of Mulvaney on “</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=argrZUVbsWo"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Drew Barrymore Show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” Mulvaney was there to promote a live stream called “Day 365 Live,” broadcast from the Rainbow Room in New York City on March 13. The event was to celebrate the one-year anniversary of “Days of Girlhood.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think there’s also a way to be taught and educated, to open minds,” Barrymore told Mulvaney during the segment. “And there are those that can, and I think you have that gift.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Later, Mulvaney recalled meeting a trans-identifying person in line for the women’s restroom at a Broadway show. The activist said the fan described watching the “Days of Girlhood” series and said it was instructive for the whole family.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think that trans and queer youth are some of the strongest humans alive,” Mulvaney told Barrymore. “The fact that they are pushing through to be themselves. But I think the parents are just as important. So I got to thank that mom, just for supporting their child and loving their child … Isn’t that a parent’s greatest hope?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barrymore replied, “We don’t know what to do all the time … but the more we can be given the tools, and taught, and storytelling, the better parents we’ll be.”</span></p>


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