‘Drew Barrymore Show’ fans wearing WGA pins kicked out of taping

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post on X (formerly Twitter) Dominic Turiczek and his friend Cassidy Carter showed up at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York after winning a pair of free tickets and accepted the pins from picketers before heading into the building.

Turiczek claimed that upon entering the CBS building, he and his friend were “verbally assaulted.” “Went to @DrewBarrymoreTV after winning tickets, unaware of the #WGA strike,” Turiczek wrote on Monday. “We took pins & went in, got kicked out, & verbally assaulted by @DrewBarrymore’s crew.

It’s clear they don’t support #WGAStrong, writers or fans!” Turiczek and his friend went on to join the picketers outside the building after the incident.The enraged fan added in a second tweet that while they were aware that the strike was going on, they did not realize that “they were picketing at Drew’s show.”“It is our policy to welcome everyone to our show tapings,” a spokesperson told EW in a statement about the matter. “Due to heightened security concerns today, we regret that two audience members were not permitted to attend or were not allowed access.”The statement concluded: “Drew was completely unaware of the incident and we are in the process of reaching out to the affected audience members to offer them new tickets.” The Post reached out to Barrymore, 48, for comment.

One day earlier, the “Charlie’s Angels” star was forced to defend her decision to keep filming despite the ongoing strike. The “Blended” actress issued a statement Sunday on Instagram saying that even though she walked away from hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards in May as it was in “direct conflict with what the strike was dealing with which was studios, streamers, film, and television,” she was set on bringing back her show. “I.