- Drew Barrymore has hosted her discuss present since Sep. 2020.
- Drew introduced plans for the present to return, regardless of the SAG and WGA strikes, in an Instagram put up on Sep. 10, 2023.
- The WGA has introduced plans to picket Drew’s present.
Drew Barrymore will return to her discuss present very quickly! The actress, 48, introduced that her present would make it’s return later in Sep. 2023 in an Instagram put up on Sep. 10. Whereas she introduced that The Drew Barrymore Present could be again on air quickly, the actress confronted backlash because the WGA and SAG strikes are nonetheless persevering with. Regardless of her plans to adjust to union guidelines to not promote struck materials, the WGA has nonetheless introduced that her present returning can be in violation of the strike guidelines.
Forward of the present’s return, listed below are all the small print it’s essential learn about when it is going to be again on air, and the controversy surrounding its return.
Drew Backs Out of MTV Film & TV Awards Amid Strike
Season 3 of The Drew Barrymore Present ended again in April earlier than the writers’ strike started in Could. On the time, Drew was tapped to host the 2023 MTV Film and TV Awards, however she backed out in solidarity with the strike. She stated she’d return for the 2024 present. “I’ve listened to the writers, and so as to actually respect them, I’ll pivot from internet hosting the MTV Film & TV Awards dwell in solidarity with the strike,” she stated in a press release on the time, through Variety.
Drew defined her reasoning additional in her put up asserting her discuss present’s return. “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 assumed was the suitable factor on the time to face in solidarity with the writers,” she wrote in her Instagram put up.
Drew Declares Her Present Will Return
Drew revealed her plans for her present to come back again on Sep. 10. “I’m additionally making the selection to come back again for the primary time on this strike for our present, that will have my identify on it however that is greater than simply me,” she wrote, after explaining why she backed out of the MTV Film and TV Awards. “I personal this alternative.”
After explaining that she wouldn’t discuss struck motion pictures or reveals, she gave extra of her reasoning for the return. “I wish to be there to supply what writers accomplish that effectively, which is a strategy to convey us collectively or assist us make sense of the human expertise,” she stated. “I hope for a resolve for everybody as quickly as potential. Now we have navigated troublesome instances since we first got here on air. And so I take a step ahead to start out season 4 as soon as once more with an astute humility.”
The WGA Declares Plans to Picket ‘The Drew Barrymore Present’
The @DrewBarrymoreTV Present is a WGA coated, struck present that’s planning to return with out its writers. The Guild has, and can proceed to, picket struck reveals which might be in manufacturing throughout the strike. Any writing on “The Drew Barrymore Present” is in violation of WGA strike guidelines.
— Writers Guild of America, East (@WGAEast) September 10, 2023
Whereas Drew stated that her present was “in compliance with not discussing or selling movie and tv that’s struck of any form,” the WGA had a special response. “The @DrewBarrymoreTV Present Present is a WGA coated, struck present that’s planning to return with out its writers. The Guild has, and can proceed to, picket struck reveals which might be in manufacturing throughout the strike. Any writing on ‘The Drew Barrymore Present’ is in violation of WGA strike guidelines,” the guild wrote in a put up on X (previously Twitter).
The Drew Barrymore Present has seemingly begun tapings already, however two viewers members had been reportedly requested to go away for sporting WGA pins, based on The Hollywood Reporter. Two college students stated that they had been handed “Writers Guild on Strike” pins. They stated that safety requested them to take away the buttons as they entered. One complied, however the different didn’t. A crew member noticed the button as they arrived for the taping and reportedly requested them each to go away. They stated they joined the picket line after the incident. “I’ve been utterly alarmed and disheartened by this complete course of,” one of many followers stated.
A spokesperson for the present defined that they had been engaged on getting the pair new tickets in a press release to THR. “It’s our coverage to welcome everybody to our present tapings. Resulting from heightened safety considerations at present, we remorse that two viewers members weren’t permitted to attend or weren’t allowed entry. Drew was utterly unaware of the incident and we’re within the strategy of reaching out to the affected viewers members to supply them new tickets,” they stated.
‘The Drew Barrymore Present’ Season 4 Premiere Date
The Drew Barrymore Present will return on Sep. 18, 2023, per CNN. Different daytime discuss reveals equivalent to The View, Tamron Corridor, and The Kelly Clarkson Present have continued amid the strikes.