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Drew Barrymore Takes Down Apology Video As Alyssa Milano, Bradley Whitford, Debra Messing & More Have Strong Reactions -

posted 8 months ago by Satan2016 (23526)
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Lots of support in the comments!

https://deadline.com/2023/09/drew-barrymore-takes-down-apology-video-actors-react-1235548393/

Drew Barrymore this morning posted an emotional apology to WGA members regarding her decision to return to her daytime talk show amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. A number of high-profile actors, writers and organizations responded, most not happy. Barrymore has since removed the apology from her Instagram page.

A spokesperson for CBS Media Ventures, The Drew Barrymore Show producer and distributor, released a statement in response to WGA, saying they “are very mindful and sensitive to the complex circumstances surrounding the show’s return and we will be in full compliance with all our labor agreements and any strike rules.” CBS also noted its hosts work under a separate agreement with SAG-AFTRA that allows Barrymore and other daytime hosts to continue hosting their shows. “While our show has been largely an unscripted talk show from the beginning, the new shows we are producing this season will be completely unscripted until the strike ends,” the statement emphasized, adding “No one on our staff will fill a writing position.” You can read the entire statement at the bottom of the story.

[–] TMC-4 (19451) 7 months ago

Drew Barrymore's Apology Video Just Made Everything Worse

https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2023/9/20/drew-barrymoress-apology-video-just-made-everything-worse?rq=drew%20barrymore

A clearly shaken and traumatized Barrymore begins by deeply apologizing to writers and to unions. Though she is a polished performer who has been making a fortune from acting longer than most folks have been alive she doesn’t seem to know what she’s doing. She stumbles through her presentation because the viral celebrity apology video is a new and hazardous art form that is nearly impossible to do well. Video is a terrible medium for apologies. It puts apologists in an uncomfortable position. If they’re slick and forceful they seem like glib phonies. But if they go the Kutcher-Munis-Barrymore route of looking much worse than a normal person their despair feels performative and manipulative, even if it is sincere. I think that Barrymore was sincerely shocked by the response to her union-busting and Kunis and Kutcher were also very genuinely horrified that they were being held responsible for gushing effusively about a convicted rapist while also running a charity that fights sexual abuse.

Barrymore believed that the reason that people were furious with her for resuming her show during multiple strikes was because they did not understand the logic behind it.

She poignantly believed that if she got real with her fans in an intimate, vulnerable video then they would stop being angry and understand where she’s coming from and the pressure she faces.

[–] chumbawampa (164) 6 months ago

She screwed up when she abandoned the striking writers and actors by trying to resume her show.

Why would she think that was a good idea? She should have been picketing , like the other actors and celebrities. Jack Black was out there , Sean Astin was on the street, picketing and talking about the issues. Her best idea was just go back to work and ignore the strikers? And some how that is for their benefit?

It was purely self serving. Bill Maher did the same thing, and it showed that he is extremely selfish in nature. I lost all respect for Bill Maher after that, not that I had much left.