Commentary: Drew Barrymore spent years building her brand. Without writers, it unraveled in a week
A good writer can come in handy in the middle of a crisis.
Just ask Drew Barrymore.
In her own cheerfully chaotic way, the former child star-turned-quirky daytime host has shown the power of a carefully crafted celebrity narrative — and the ease with which even the most convincing comeback story can fall apart.
On Sunday, after a week of mounting backlash over her decision to go back into production on her daytime talk show, which employs members of the Writers Guild of America who are currently on strike, Barrymore issued the latest in a series of statements on Instagram.
This time, as if to acknowledge the damage the preceding days had caused her reputation, she announced that “The Drew Barrymore Show” would “pause the show’s premiere” until after the strike is over. (CBS Media Ventures, which produces the show, confirmed that it would also halt production. On Sunday, CBS also announced postponement of Season 14 of “The Talk” amid mounting scrutiny over daytime talk shows returning during the writers’ and actors’ strikes.)
“I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone
