Drew Barrymore avoids writer’s strike controversy over return to show – Rolling Stone

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Drew Barrymore returned to daytime television on Monday, October 16, but made no mention of the uproar that engulfed her show during the final stages of the Writers Guild of America strike.

first episode of The Drew Barrymore Show was devoted almost entirely to a 30-minute interview with country legend Shania Twain. The pair discussed classic Barrymore themes like trust, relationships, and therapy (in this case, horse therapy), as well as Taylor Swift and going clubbing with their moms as kids. (“I had a passion for music, so I thought, ‘If you have a passion for music, this is how you do it,'” Twain said.) “I think I was lucky to have been very resilient, but I also paid a price.”

However, Barrymore did not address the controversy that erupted around her show, either before or after the interview. In late August, CBS Television announced: The Drew Barrymore Show As the WGA strike continues, he will return without a writer. A few weeks later, Barrymore confirmed the news, but the backlash was huge.

Her own impressive group of writers also picketed the show’s studio, with (now former) co-head writer Chelsea White saying: rolling stone “The reinstatement of WGA-eligible productions during a strike undermines the group’s overall efforts to reach fair contracts with the WGA,” it said at the time. [Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers]”

Barrymore initially offered a tearful apology, saying, “I want to make my own decisions” and “I want to take full responsibility for my actions,” but added, “There’s nothing I can do to make people who don’t like it OK.” he admitted. A few days later, Ms. Barrymore announced that she would be “pausing” her daytime talk show until the strike ended, which came just a week later.

As the show plans a proper return after the strike ends; rolling stone Three co-writers, White, Liz Do, and Christina Quinones, reportedly declined offers to continue. All three were working on it The Drew Barrymore Show Since its debut in 2020.