Drew Barrymore disinvited from hosting the National Book Awards
An update on the host of the 2023 National Book Awards. pic.twitter.com/aa5aLh0FIU
- National Book Foundation (@nationalbook) September 12, 2023
- Barrymore was announced as the host back in July
- After the news that Barrymore would resume hosting her show without her WGA writers, numerous novelists expressed anger that she was chosen to host an event celebrating writers
- The committee has now publicly rescinded their invitation to have her host
- The WGA has been on strike since May 2nd
