The host walked back her initial decision to continue 'The Drew Barrymore Show' without her writers.
that her 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,” the statement continued. “Any writing on ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ is in violation of WGA strike rules.” Barrymore received an onslaught of scrutiny after returning to production, with writers and supporters urging her to change her mind and stand with the unions. Many people referred to her as awhich is a worker who crosses a picket line in violation of a planned work stoppage or strike.
The comments under Sunday's post rang a different tune than they did last week, with writers and actors including Alyssa Milano, Kal Penn, Jenny Yang, and more thanking her for changing her mind. The WGA East account also wrote, “Thank you Drew" with the fist-up emoji.In a statement provided to multiple sources, CBS Media Ventures wrote that it supported Barrymore and expressed “how complex and difficult this process has been for her.
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