‘I Own This Choice’: Drew Barrymore Announces Return of Talk Show, Breaks Ranks from Hollywood Strikers

The US actress says she would resume the show even without writers.

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Barrymore added in her statement that it was her own decision to come back and produce the show that bears her name for the first time after the strike. She also assured protesters would abide by the rules of the strike.

"I own this choice," she said. "We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind. We launched live in a global pandemic. Our show was built for sensitive times and has only functioned through what the real world is going through in real-time."

She also hoped for a resolution for everyone involved in the strike and the producers "as soon as possible," hoping for the fourth season of her program, which has been airing since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and pushed beyond that, to be "a step forward."

Meanwhile, WGA announced it would be picketing the talk show at its studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan on Monday (September 11).

"The Drew Barrymore Show is a WGA-covered, struck show that is planning to return without its writers," the Guild stated. "The Guild has and will continue to, picket-struck shows that are in production during the strike. Any writing on 'The Drew Barrymore Show' violates WGA strike rules."