Drew Barrymore Criticized for Resuming TV Show Amid Strikes, WGA Issues Statement
Drew Barrymore‘s talk show is returning, and despite her statement explaining the decision, she’s being called out.
The 48-year-old The Drew Barrymore Show issued a statement over the weekend, explaining: “I own this choice. We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind. We launched live in a global pandemic. Our show was built for sensitive times and has only functioned through what the real world is going through in real time.”
Soon after, the Writers Guild of America issued a response to the news, seemingly clarifying that the show goes against the strike rules.
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“@DrewBarrymoreTV Show is a WGA covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers,” they said.
“The Guild has, and will continue to, picket struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on The Drew Barrymore Show is in violation of WGA strike rules.”
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The @DrewBarrymoreTV Show is a WGA covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers. The Guild has, and will continue to, picket struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on “The Drew Barrymore Show” is in violation of WGA strike rules.
— Writers Guild of America, East (@WGAEast) September 10, 2023