As if she didn’t have enough things to worry about, embattled daytime talk show host Ellen Degeneres may have yet another problem on her hands and her name is… Drew Barrymore.
The 45-year-old actress launched her new talk show on CBS this week and people are already saying she may have the potential to knock Ellen off her throne as the reigning queen of daytime talk shows.
Bye Bye Ellen …. Drew Barrymore is in the house. Like totally. pic.twitter.com/e3BZetT6bC
— SHABBA SHAY (@shanaynaycc) September 15, 2020
Vanity Fair reports:
There’s now a new alternative. On Monday, Drew Barrymore premiered her new eponymous talk show, The Drew Barrymore Show, with a star-studded reunion of her Charlie’s Angels costars, a heartwarming charitable act, and enough sunny warmth and perceived authenticity to rival even the most vintage DeGeneres segment.
lucy liu and cameron diaz being the first guests on The Drew Barrymore Show outsells Ellen's entire 16 season run
— this is me trying (@knowleskravitz) September 14, 2020
Drew certainly seems to be positioning herself for glory, calling in her most A-list friends to help ensure her new show is a success. The first week’s line up includes Billy Porter, Jane Fonda, Christian Siriano, Billy Eichner, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Gabrielle Union, Adam Sandler, and Tyra Banks.
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Here’s how people on Twitter are responding to the idea of Drew replacing Ellen…
let’s replace ellen with drew barrymore
— izzy (@edwardcuII3n) September 16, 2020
really rooting for drew barrymore to pick up and run away with the ball that ellen dropped
— taylor swift said it’s fall (@jaloraso) September 14, 2020
the gay community has moved past the need for The Ellen Show, as we now have The Drew Barrymore Show. pic.twitter.com/FWyAq2kOly
— baby M ? (@marissaasal) September 13, 2020
drew barrymore has a talk show??? she's just ended ellen. ?
— ashraff (@ashraffjihadi_) September 15, 2020
Ellen just left the group chat after seeing Drew Barrymore’s first show
— We're all panicking at the dildo (@panikatthedildo) September 15, 2020
drew barrymore may be my #1 comfort white woman ugh i hope she replaces ellen as the talk show host juggernaut…something about her voice and the way she talks is just so soothing to me and ever after and never been kissed r two of the greatest movies of all time
— ethan (@ethanshumjr) September 14, 2020
we need to take all of the positive energy we had for ellen and put it into drew barrymore
— ambz (@amberniclowman) September 13, 2020
Drew Barrymore replacing Ellen was not on my 2020 bingo card but I will take it. https://t.co/I3sRsZDreK
— Detox Stan Account (@bananaxboatx) September 15, 2020
The Drew Barrymore show is going to be everything Ellen wasn’t!
— Dom-Cap?? (@Tom_mph) September 14, 2020
I’m here for Drew Barrymore being the Glinda the good witch of daytime TV. Ever since Ellen got canceled (may she rest) daytime has needed a new beacon of positivity to usher us into a new decade. ????????
— Kevin Surma (@Kevin_Surma) September 15, 2020
Drew and Ellen have had a complicated relationship over the years, dating back to 2014 when Ellen called Drew “fat” when she was actually pregnant. Drew later said she didn’t take any offense to the joke, but the tabloids still had a field day with it.
In 2017, the two briefly worked together on the NBC series First Dates. Ellen served as executive producer with Drew narrating. The show lasted just eight episodes and was canceled after the two purportedly found it difficult to work with one another.
“Ellen and Drew are a case of oil and water,” a source told In Touch Weekly shortly after the show was canceled. “Ellen expected to be the one calling the shots, but Drew thinks she should have creative control because she’s the movie star people are tuning in to see.”
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Liquid Silver
Drew? Squee! Loved her since Jillian and “Ever After.” I’m not really into talk shows, though.
bachy
I live in LA — and Drew Barrymore used to shop at my supermarket (Whole Foods on Fairfax). Where most celebrities get that (understandably) “please don’t bother me” expression to keep people from getting all up in their space, Drew was always smiling, saying hello, flirting and chit-chatting with everybody while she shopped. Drew is like a ray of sunshine — a genuinely high-spirited, trusting and friendly person.
missvamp
i’ve always heard positive things about her. i totally agree with these tweets. bye ellen- hello drew!
dinard38
Another talk show!!! YAY!!!!! We’re so lacking talk shows.
TimberWolf
Even reading this article, Good for Drew Barrymore she has been in the business decades before Ellen started her stand up. Ellen’s disregard for others is overwhelming, even reading how she called Drew Barrymore FAT when she was pregnant, only shows how ignorant and despicable Ellen truly is, it is not funny, it is insulting where Drew Barrymore gained weight or pregnant, calling anyone FAT and insulting them as a dig or as a joke. The most meaningful things are often said in a joke. Ellen is disgraceful, a hauntingly repulsive human
Cam
Drew has always come off as a genuinely fun person. Be nice to have somebody like that instead of somebody who has to fake it on the air.
Thugsauce
So sad so many ppl forget all the good Ellen has done and want to toss her aside. Y’all are bullies!
exgoalie
I’ve seen Ellen’s talk show maybe once or twice. I doubt I’ll check out Ms. Barrymore’s only cause I don’t really get into talk shows. However, i have watched 3 or 4 episodes of Ellen’s Game show… I assume she has lots of input into what kind of games the show comes up with. Her smiling face during those “games”, which are extremely mean spirited if you ask me, is a little too evil. I gave up on her game show because she really comes off as enjoying being nasty and enjoying the contestants’ being pummeled, flung around like rag dolls, etc. Distasteful.
Joshooeerr
Did anyone actually try to watch Barrymore’s show? The opening spot with Diaz & Liu was like listening to three Valley Girls chatting at the hairdresser, and not in a good way. Ellen may be vile, but she at least has some sense of how to conduct a lightweight, inconsequential interview with a view to some slight entertainment value.
jdr11201
Listen,
Ellen should count her blessing, now she can live with her gorillas in the wild among the australian outback. She had a good run. Why spoil it. 😛
boymikefl
Not a fan of people born on 3rd base & don’t recognize they would be a nobody (no talent). McCain, Billy Graham Jr, Falwell Jr., Robby Downey Jr. Not taking the time to list the “too many.” Donald Trump, donny jr, ivanka, Eric, tiff. George bush jr, even Kennedy (red). My point. Never ever liked her. Silver spoon people in general. Now when they purposely change name to want to make it on their own, they usually don’t, haha. But that takes chutzpa.
inbama
From the TERF slur to Ellen – LGBT is so anti-lesbian, we might as well drop the L.
butchdiva
Exgoalie I totally agree with you about Ellen showing us her rather scary side on her game show. I get that you aren’t going to get along with interviewing everyone on the show, but being a little too glib can get to be callous fast. And that’s just uncomfortable for everyone. I’ve casually met Drew several times over the past 20 years and she’s always been the same friendly person each time. I have no personal experience with Ellen, and I’m not going to be anti-Ellen, but what little I know about Drew, she’s got my vote.