Drew Barrymore has announced she is bringing back her talk show amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes, sparking condemnation among fellow actors and calls for the show to be picketed.
Drew Barrymore has announced she is bringing back her talk show amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes, sparking condemnation from actors and writers and calls for the show to be picketed.
Who is she? The actor and producer is a Hollywood stalwart who got her start when she was just a few years old. In 2020, she launched The Drew Barrymore Show.
The show is a mix of lifestyle and product chats, and CBS promotes its “exclusive celebrity interviews, unique lifestyle segments, social media influencers and feel-good news stories.”
This will be its fourth season, after it last wrapped in April just before the strikes started. It’s slated to begin on Sept. 18 without writers.
Writers have been on strike since May, with actors joining them in July, as contract negotiations with major studios grind to a standstill.
Can Barrymore do this? Sure. But it’s controversial.
In a statement over the weekend, Barrymore said “I own this choice” and that the show would also be “in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind.
