Drew Barrymore defended Hugh Grant after he caused a stir at the Oscars last weekend for making things awkward during a red carpet interview with ABC’s pre-show host Ashley Graham.
In the now-viral video, things went south when the model-actress recalled her joke about the novel “Vanity Fair,” which was attributed to the magazine’s famous post-Oscar party of the same name, a reference to the magazine. He refused to placate her follow-up questions with more than a few words, replying that he was rooting for “no one in particular” and was wearing “just my suit”.
Although the internet accused him of being “shady”, his friend Barrymore wrote it off as a classic Grant moment.
“There’s this thing going on with him and Ashley Graham on the red carpet. People are like, ‘Oh, he’s such a curmudgeon, and he’s so thrown’ — I’m like, ‘No, he’s Hugh Grant,'” she said on Friday’s episode of her talk show “The Drew Barrymore Show.” said in.
“You think you’re getting this hottie movie star, and what you really get is Grumpy Huey. And then you fall in love with Grumpy Huey,” he continued. “When he says that, I’m telling you, he’s being absolutely funny, he doesn’t mean a negative thing about it. The man Ashley Graham met on the carpet is the real Hugh.
Barrymore said that “it took me a second” to get used to Grant when they first met. (The pair co-starred in the 2007 romantic dramedy “Music & Lyrics”.)
“As I got to know him, I was like, ‘I love you. I love the real you.’ And he’s a hilarious, nice person.
Grant presented the Oscar for Best Production Design with his “Four Weddings and a Funeral” co-star Andie MacDowell.
“We’re really here to do two things: The first is to raise awareness of the vital importance of using a good moisturizer,” she said during her monologue. “Andy’s been using one every day for the last 29 years, I’ve never used one in my life.” He described his co-presenter as “still stunning” while he was “basically a scrotum” who was getting laughs from the audience.
The actor will next be seen starring in “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”, which will premiere in theaters on March 31.
See Barrymore’s defense of Grant above.
