Drew Barrymore Says Having Children Changed Her Opinion About Working With Woody Allen

[celja]

"I was gaslit into not looking at a narrative beyond what I was being told." https://t.co/MfPpvk2iTl
- BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) May 18, 2021
Drew Barrymore is saying she now regrets working with Woody Allen. She starred in his 1996 film Everybody Says I Love You

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[spiral_mystik]

Looking the other way so you could get Oscar buzz and critic praises ISN'T being gaslit.

Edit: I see I pissed the white women off. Always a proud moment.

[ponyboy]

i'm not a white woman and will tell you that you're being loud and also wrong

[scaredsquee]

co-signed.

[doncheadle]

co-signed x2

[doriiansz]

I completely forgot Drew was in a WA movie. This "having children" excuse people use for explaining their bs is so tired. So what you're telling me if you didn't have kids, you'd be on the side of a sexual predator? This is not aimed at Drew only, but also all the men who use the "I have a daughter" when discussing sexual assault. But that's just how I feel. Good on Drew for giving Dylan a safe platform though. It's about time Hollywood woke tf up about WA.

[thatgum_youlike]

tbf if anyone gets a pass here it's drew, she experienced horrible shit as a child star so it's completely understandable that having children of her own would change her perspective on things considering what she's been through

[v_is_for_violet]

I know some people are being ridiculous when they use this but also, I think you can obviously know something is wrong but also grow in your empathy and understanding of it depending on the changing circumstances of your life. Like I have always known that victims of public shootings are traumatized and that’s it’s a horrible thing. Obviously. But then there was a shooting at the mall I work at, I was not hurt but it gave me a whole new understanding of just how awful and traumatic it is to go through something like that. And now I understand victims of public shootings so much more then I did before. So I think when people have kids an actually see their lives play out it gives them a whole new understanding. Just my perspective❤️

[braindiva]

I think what people attribute to their kids is just really emotional maturity that comes with aging and seeing things from a different point of view. I don't have kids and I'm in my 40s, but I see things differently than I did when I was younger. I'm a lot less naive about human nature in some ways, and more forgiving of flaws and stumbles in other ways (not in the case of Allen though!). Having children tends to make you grow up, and while I can never know how I'd feel if I had kids, I don't feel I needed kids to evolve; I just needed to have different experiences.

[blrocks]

Brave of Drew (and Dylan) to do this interview and acknowledge what he did, given that she was still a mainstream Hollywood actress until Santa Clarita Diet (RIP) was cancelled not too long ago. Most actors and actresses skirt around the issue.

[hazypink]

I mean she had a pretty fucked up childhood, right? I’m sure she was exposed to lots of creepy men who have her excuses and that becomes the norm. Woody had (and still has) a huge institution protecting him and minimizing his actions. I was a teenage girl watching his movies and I assumed he was fine because Hollywood loved him so much.

Idk, people are self serving and very imperfect. I think it’s good she gave Dylan a platform to talk about Woody.

I don’t think she’s saying that not having kids means you don’t have empathy for other people, just that different life experiences change your perspective on things you saw/did in the past

[turtleisland]

Yeah, I have a different perspective when it comes to her making these comments compared to someone else, considering her background.

[arellaj]

mte

[trendsnational]

"just that different life experiences change your perspective on things you saw/did in the past."

Thank you, I knew some users would read that line and start raging.

[pikapika217]

let's see....

google says she was 20/21 when working with him? Considering her fucked up childhood and everything from being in a showbiz family I feel less mad at her? Obviously not my place to excuse anyone nor is it really an excuse but I can believe her more a bit due to her background and because she is taking some accountability while giving Dylan a platform