Why everyone is angry with Drew Barrymore at the moment

Barrymore responded to the backlash for continuing his talk show during the writers' strike.


Hearing that a popular spectacle comes back from Summer Hiatus is generally a fascinating news for fans, but this is not the case in the fall of 2023. CBS recently announced that The Drew Barrymore Show would come back for its fourth season on September 18 - but because the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is still on strike, the news is not so simple. The Drew Barrymore Show Us WGA writers, therefore the decision of the series to continue without its writing personnel led to the WGA strike outside the show's studio. Drew Barrymore She herself is also criticized for having decided to continue shooting, in particular in the light of the previous comments which she made in support of writers on strike.

Read the rest to find out more about the situation, including what Barrymore now says in response to the backlash.

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The Drew Barrymore Show I did not shoot at the start of the strike.

Drew Barrymore hosting
The Drew Barrymore Show / YouTube

The decision to start filming season 4 is the first time The Drew Barrymore Show faced the opportunity to produce new episodes during the WGA strike. As indicated by USA today ,, Season 3 wrapped in shooting in April Before the strike starting on May 2.

On September 6, CBS announced that the talk show would return on September 18. The show should start filming new episodes today, September 11. As indicated by Vanity ,, A spokesperson for CBS said that the program "will not carry out any writing work covered by the WGA strike".

The WGA strike began after the writers' union and the alliance of film and television film producers (AMPTP), which represents the major Hollywood studios, failed to reach an agreement. WGA members are looking for a better salary, especially with regard to the residues of the projects on which they worked on streaming services.

In response to the strike, several end-of-evening talk shows I left immediately . Some talks have been able to continue as usual, because they did not use WGA editors.

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The WGA announced its intention to stake.

In response to the news that The Drew Barrymore Show Began to film, the WGA announced its intention to strike outside the studio.

"The program @drewbarrymoretv is a cover covered with wga and struck which plans to return without its screenwriters" The Writers Guild of America, East Published on X. "Guild A, and will continue, the strike stake has struck programs that are in production during the strike. Any writing on" The Drew Barrymore Show "is in violation of WGA strike rules".

WGA too Posted the calendar To picker the program based in New York, from today. The WGA has picked up apart from other programs that continue without WGA writers during the strike, including View And Danger!

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Barrymore had previously expressed his solidarity with the writers.

Drew Barrymore at 2022 Harper's Bazaar ICONS Bloomingdale's 150th Anniversary
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The news that the Barrymore show returns during the strike occurs after having already expressed its solidarity with striking writers.

Two days after the start of the strike, Barrymore announced that she would no longer host the MTV TV & Movie Awards, which was broadcast on May 7 (many other celebrities also decided not to attend the show, and that ended up being broadcast in a different format with pre -recorded acceptance speeches.)

"I listened to the writers, and to really respect them, I will rotate by organizing the MTV Movie & TV Awards live with the strike," said Barrymore in a press release Variety . "Everything we celebrate and the honor of films and television was born from their creation. And until a solution is found, I choose to wait, but I will look from my home and I Hope you join me. "

THE The Angels of Charlie Star added that she was looking forward to hosting the price show in 2024.

Barrymore defended the pursuit of his program.

In A statement published on Instagram On September 10, Barrymore said that she "chose to come back for the first time in this strike for our show, which can have my name on it, but it's bigger than me."

She continued: "I have this choice. We are in accordance with not discussing or promoting the cinema and television which are struck in all kinds ... I want to be there to provide what the writers do so well, who is A way to bring us together or help us understand human experience. I hope a resolution for everyone as soon as possible. "

In addition to the WGA strike, the Sag-Aftra actors' union has also been on strike since July 14. For a talk show like that of Barrymore, this means that the actors appearing in the show cannot promote the work linked to the AMPTP.

She also explained her previous position.

Drew Barrymore at Variety's 2022 Power of Women: New York Event
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Also in her Instagram post, Barrymore explained why she had left the MTV Movie & TV Awards.

"I made the choice to get away from the MTV, movie and television awards because I was the host and he had a direct conflict with what the strike was treated in which was studios , streamers, cinema and television ", the actor and the speech display the published host. "It was also in the first week of the strike and I therefore did what I thought was the appropriate thing at the time to stay in solidarity with the writers."

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Fans are upset by Barrymore's decision and his declaration.

Drew Barrymore hosting
The Drew Barrymore Show / YouTube

The comments on Barrymore's Instagram publication are full of people to reel the decision to move on. Others call it a "scabies", which is a word for someone who crosses a picking line. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"You do not perform any kind of essential work, it's a television program. You make a choice to cross a line of stake stakes and it's so disappointing," reads a comment.

Another commentator wrote: "You want" to provide what writers do so well "... which means you want to do their job, when they are on strike?

A similar comment reads as follows: "" I want to be there to provide what writers do so well "is so disappointing when writers are currently unable to do what we" do so well ".

The comments on Barrymore's post come from writers who considered themselves fans, actors and individuals outside the industry.

"As a member of SAG / AFTRA, I do not agree with your decision. We must resist our writers ... You should be ready," wrote a person.

Another said they would boycott the Barrymore show. "As a big fan and just a" normal "person, I'm shocked that you do this," they wrote. "I know that you are not careful about a person, but it seems that many of us no longer look. Such ashamed."

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