Hugh Grant, on a hot streak, goads Drew Barrymore into song after insulting her voice
Drew Barrymore shared a rendition of the Music And Lyrics song "Way Back Into Love" after Hugh Grant says her singing was "horrendous"
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Who knew a press tour could be so dangerous for Hugh Grant? The movie star has been in the game for quite some time, but he seems to be critically lacking in tact while promoting Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. So far he’s admitted to outrageous on-set tantrums and participated in lethally awkward red carpet interviews. And now he’s been caught insulting his Music And Lyrics co-star, America’s sweetheart Drew Barrymore.
In a new Wired Autocomplete Interview, Grant says he was “auto-tuned beyond belief” in the romantic comedy, before adding, “Actually, that’s not true. I’m auto-tuned a bit, but not as much as some. Drew Barrymore was in that film with me, and I don’t think she’d mind me saying her singing is just horrendous. I’ve heard dogs bark better than she sings.”
Barrymore maybe minded a little bit, since she promptly took to Instagram to share an acapella version of the Music And Lyrics hit “Way Back Into Love.” “Oh Hugh…bert, Hubert, that’s for you,” she said, singing a version of the track that is truthfully quite pitchy but at least more pleasant to listen to than a barking dog.
Grant and Barrymore appear to have been friends for many years; during a 2021 chat on her talk show, Grant said she’d “always have a place in my heart” for her kindness after he was arrested for lewd conduct in public. He also stated that Music And Lyrics is “impossible to hate” because they’re both “so good in it,” and had real chemistry. (In fairness, he also told Wired she had “heart and voice and rock ’n’ roll” after a good autotuning.)
Having known Grant for a long time—she noted on The Drew Barrymore Show that he can be a “curmudgeon”—it seems Barrymore is able to take his snark in stride. Ashley Graham, however, did not have as much experience with Grant’s curmudgeonly ways when she got stuck interviewing him on the 2023 Oscars red carpet. Their excruciating exchange went viral, and Grant was highly criticized for his rudeness. Graham had a less playful response to Grant than Barrymore did, telling TMZ, “You know what? My mama told me to kill people with kindness. So there you go.” A lesson, perhaps, Grant should adopt in his own life.
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I saw Music and Lyrics in the theatres… on Valentine’s Day… alone. That was a point in my life where I would go to the movies like, three or four times a week: work my day job, work my part-time job, then head on over to the theatres and watch ANYTHING that was out. There was really no discernment in quality; one week I’d see Pan’s Labyrinth, the next it’d be Norbit.Flash forward to the present: I haven’t seen a movie in theaters since ‘Alita: Battle Angel.’
His critique of Barrymore’s singing isn’t as harsh as the clickbaity headline implies. Still, Charming Grant has turned into Grumpy Old Man Grant.
I think I prefer grumpy old man Grant. The guy just continually steps in it and seems to be a genuine misanthrope. I think the part that redeems it a bit is he also seems to genuinely hate himself. So long as it’s mostly harmless stuff, I say keep it coming.
I never heard of this movie, but now I really think I need to check it out.
It’s good fun.
It’s a cute movie. Nothing substantial, but very enjoyable. The best thing about it is ‘Pop! Goes My Heart’, the faux 80s hit Hugh Grant’s character had.
It’s an enjoyable watch, and the music is by the wonderful, late Adam Schlesigner.
The opening music video alone is worth the rental.
songs all written by the dearly departed Adam Schlesinger. It’s a good romcom.
I’m sorry, but he could not have been more accurate. She cannot sing.
This site seems to have a weird hate boner for Hugh Grant right now. Which, fine, he’s probably a dick. And this headline is literally cut and pasted from a Yahoo article.
That’s the AVClub’s article which Yahoo decided to carry, you absolute fucking moron.
Feels weird to defend this site but Yahoo promotes a lot of others sites stories, there is probably a “read full article” link that takes you to AVC if you click on that headline.
Don’t be so sure about that. The Yahoo article came out yesterday.https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/drew-barrymore-reacts-hugh-grant-music-and-lyrics-horrendous-singing-015427481.html
You are absolutely right. My mistake. Although it does speak to how far this site has fallen that this seemed way more believable than not.
This is now the third time we’ve caught them plagiarizing other websites in recent weeks. Mary “wrote” two of those articles. What’s going on Mary?
Someone pointed out that this was a Yahoo promotion with the partial article, and if you click to see the full article it redirects to AV Club. This was my mistake.
Weird, because Yahoo came out with their own article a full day before this one.https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/drew-barrymore-reacts-hugh-grant-music-and-lyrics-horrendous-singing-015427481.html
Weird, indeed. Although not entirely surprising for this site to write about something a day or two after literally everyone else.
This is the internet now: content mills sucking on each others’ dicks for days.
Dick Fa Dayz is the name of my mom’s rap album after she started dating some guy named Richard Donahue. Boy he was a drinker, but he taught me how to golf.
Is “terminal white guuuuuurlness” in the DSM?
Try as you will to spin Hugh Grant’s “whole thing” into a suddenly-catastrophic approach to media, I just ain’t never gonna get mad at Hugh Grant.
It works for him. He’s just cheeky.
so old friends throw shade at each other?
Alternative headline, Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore have a little good-natured fun at each other’s expense.
SHOCKING SCANDAL: Two loving friends and coworkers share playful repartee and a bit of fun media back and forth
I’m unfamiliar with the concept of ‘loving friends and coworkers’, so fuck these people and their happiness with a nitric acid-coated pineapple – I will shit on them for clicks because it’s the only thing that gets me moist these days- Mary Kate Carr, probably
Hugh Grant needs a talk show. A grumpy ass talk show where he insults and gets short with the guests. I would watch every damn episode. “On My Last Nerve Tonight.”
Do people not understand jokes and sarcasm? The guy is clearly riffing and having a bit of a laugh basically all the time.