Drew Barrymore has drawn the ire of WGA and SAG for the proposed return of her speak show. In an Instagram put up, the Hollywood star introduced on Monday that the fourth season of her speak show will start quickly.
“I made a option to stroll away from the MTV, movie and tv awards as a result of I used to be the host and it had a direct battle with what the strike was coping with which was studios, streamers, movie, and tv. It was additionally within the first week of the strike and so I did what I believed was the suitable factor on the time to face in solidarity with the writers. And to be clear, our speak show really wrapped on April twentieth so we by no means needed to shut down the show. However, I’m additionally making the selection to return back for the primary time on this strike for our show, which will have my title on it however that is larger than simply me,” learn Barrymore’s put up.
“I personal this selection. We are in compliance with not discussing or selling movie and tv that’s struck of any sort. We launched stay in a worldwide pandemic. Our show was constructed for delicate instances and has solely functioned by what the actual world goes by in actual time. I need to be there to offer what writers accomplish that effectively, which is a method to carry us collectively or assist us make sense of the human expertise. I hope for a resolve for everybody as quickly as doable. We have navigated tough instances since we first got here on air. And so I take a step ahead to begin season 4 as soon as once more with an astute humility,” posted Barrymore.
Notably, Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA are at the moment on strike. The Writers Guild has introduced that they’d picket exterior of Barrymore’s studios on Monday and Tuesday in New York City.
“It has stayed off the air since the strike began on May 2nd but has now (unfortunately) decided to return without its writers. The Guild has, and will continue to, picket any struck show that continues production for the duration of the strike,” a spokesperson for the Writers Guild instructed The Hollywood Reporter.
Meanwhile, some netizens took to social media platform “X” and called out Barrymore for her proposed speak show.
One individual tweeted photos of demonstrators exterior CBS’ workplace in New York City and captioned it, “Picketers in NYC exterior CBS this morning in protest of Drew Barrymore’s return to her daytime speak show – minus writers, she says, however the WGA says it’s within the defiance of the writers strike”.
“Drew Berrymore being a scab was not on my 2023 bingo card,” commented one other consumer.
“She is displaying the true face of woke Hollywood! Selfish, grasping and entitled. Do as they are saying not as they do!,” wrote one other consumer.