Tearful Drew Barrymore Apologizes for Talk Show Return Amid Strike _ E! News
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00:00 "I deeply apologize to writers. I deeply apologize to unions. I deeply apologize."
00:10 A tearful Drew Barrymore issues an apology after bringing her talk show back amid the
00:18 ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. "My intentions have never been
00:25 in a place to upset or hurt anyone. It's not who I am. I've been through so many ups and downs in
00:34 my life and this is one of them." Taking to Instagram on September 15th, the actress shares
00:43 a four-minute long video in which she says she's taking full accountability for the return of the
00:49 Drew Barrymore show without its writers. "My decision to go back to the show, I didn't want
00:56 to hide behind people so I won't and I won't polish this with bells and whistles and publicists and
01:06 corporate rhetoric. I'll just stand out there and accept and be responsible." As for why Drew
01:16 chose to bring back the daytime talk show, the 48-year-old doubles down on a statement previously
01:21 posted to Instagram. "We aren't gonna break rules and we will be in compliance.
01:30 I wanted to do this because as I said this is bigger than me and there are other people's jobs
01:40 on the line and since launching live in a pandemic I just wanted to make a show that was there for
01:52 people in sensitive times and I weighed the scales and I thought if we could go on during a global
02:01 pandemic and everything that the world has experienced through 2020, why would this sideline
02:09 us? So I want to just put one foot in front of the other and make a show that's there for people
02:20 regardless of anything else that's happening in the world." This comes days after Drew,
02:26 who in May stepped down as host of the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards in solidarity with the writers,
02:34 was uninvited from the National Book Awards. A September 13th statement provided to E! News read,
02:41 "The National Book Awards is an evening dedicated to celebrating the power of literature and the
02:46 incomparable contributions of writers to our culture." In light of the announcement that
02:51 the Drew Barrymore show will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded
02:56 Ms. Barrymore's invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards ceremony. Meanwhile,
03:03 Drew was also slammed by the WGA, who along with SAG-AFTRA have been picketing studios
03:10 represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after failing to agree
03:16 on a new contract. Following the news that season four of the Drew Barrymore show will premiere
03:21 September 18th, the organization wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, "The Drew Barrymore
03:27 show is a WGA-covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers. The Guild has and
03:34 will continue to picket struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing
03:39 on the Drew Barrymore show is in violation of WGA strike rules."
03:44 "The Drew Barrymore show is a WGA-covered, struck show that is planning to return without
03:51 its writers. Any writing on the Drew Barrymore show is in violation of WGA strike rules."
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