Drew Barrymore drops out as MTV Film & TV Awards host days earlier than present
Drew Barrymore has dropped out of internet hosting Sunday’s MTV Film & TV Awards, simply days earlier than it’s set to broadcast.
The actress and TV host has finished so in assist of the Writers Guild of America members and their ongoing strike, she mentioned in an announcement.
The 2023 awards are nonetheless set to air Sunday, nonetheless, they are going to achieve this with out a host or any Writers Guild of America scribes.
MTV has additionally referred to as off the crimson carpet for the awards ceremony. It’s not identified but if every other expertise will pull out, Variety reported.
Barrymore has agreed to return to host the 2024 awards and is predicted to seem within the pre-recorded segments in Sunday’s present.
In an announcement, Barrymore, 48, mentioned has determined to not host out of respect for the writers.
“I’ve listened to the writers, and so as to really respect them, I’ll pivot from internet hosting the MTV Film & TV Awards reside in solidarity with the strike,” the assertion learn. “All the things we have fun and honor about films and tv is born out of their creation.”
“And till an answer is reached, I’m selecting to attend however I’ll be watching from house and hope you’ll be a part of me. I thank MTV, who has really been a number of the greatest companions I’ve ever labored with,” Barrymore’s assertion continued. “I can’t wait to be part of this subsequent yr, once I can really have fun every thing that MTV has created, which is a present that permits followers to decide on who the awards go to and is really inclusive.”
The MTV Film & TV Awards is the primary scheduled awards present because the WGA referred to as a strike on Monday night time.
The WGA introduced within the early hours on Tuesday that its 11,500 screenwriter members will refuse to work after the union and studios did not agree on a brand new three-year contract.
The board of administrators at WGA unanimously referred to as for Hollywood’s first strike in 15 years, claiming that the main corporations have made it troublesome for writers to carry down a gentle job.
“The businesses’ habits has created a gig economic system inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance on this negotiation has betrayed a dedication to additional devaluing the career of writing,” the WGA mentioned in a earlier assertion.
WGA mentioned streaming providers have utterly modified the business and the outdated system for a way screenwriters are compensated, together with for residuals, must be utterly revamped.