Drew Barrymore Defends Hugh Grant After His Polarizing Ashley Graham Interview

Drew Barrymore defended her former co-star Hugh Grant on Friday amid controversy over whether or not he was impolite to mannequin Ashley Graham on the Oscars crimson carpet.

A video of Graham interviewing Grant at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony went viral earlier this week, with some individuals decrying Grant’s curt responses and attainable eye roll.

Grant additionally had loads of defenders. Some discovered his lack of enthusiasm for small speak downright relatable. Others prompt the backlash was a results of cultural differences between the US and the UK, with The Washington Submit asking, “Is Hugh Grant impolite or simply British?”

Barrymore, who appeared alongside Grant in 2007′s “Music and Lyrics,” had her personal interpretation: The actor was merely being his “grumpy” self.

“There’s this factor going round with him and Ashley Graham on the crimson carpet. Persons are like, ‘Oh, he’s such a curmudgeon, and she or he’s so thrown,’” the speak present host said on Friday’s episode of her “Drew Barrymore Present.”

She continued: “I’m like, no, that’s Hugh Grant. You suppose you’re getting this charming film star, and what you actually get is grumpy Hugh. And then you definitely fall in love with grumpy Hugh.”

The “By no means Been Kissed” actor introduced up the crimson carpet hubbub whereas she was discussing one other grumpy Grant-related topic: his latest description of Barrymore’s singing voice as “horrendous.”

On her present, Barrymore laughed off his obvious brusqueness. “If Hugh, that’s his means of loving you,” she mentioned.

Her opinion of Grant appears to be a lot greater than he had as soon as guessed, maybe cheekily, again in 2009. When Elle journal requested him to briefly talk about a number of the stars he’s labored with, he had mentioned of Barrymore: “Made her cry. Gorgeous film-star face. Hates me.”