Even though the Razzies have already apologized for nominating 12-year-old Ryan Kiera Armstrong from “Firestarter” for “Worst Actress” and pulling her out of the running for this year’s parody awards, former child star Drew Barrymore let them blame her. talk show on Thursday, saying that she “made his blood boil.”
Barrymore played the title role in the 1984 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel when she was 9 years old and is naturally protective of the remake’s child lead.
“This makes my blood boil,” he said in a segment on “The Drew Barrymore Show.” Although Razzie co-founder John Wilson stated that they won’t be nominating anyone 18 and under in the future, Barrymore added: “Please don’t do this to younger people. That’s not nice. And I really like Ryan and how [someone who also played the title character in] ‘Firestarter’, don’t do this again.
Barrymore also said: “Listen, I make fun of ourselves, I mean come on, fair game, go ahead, but Ryan’s 12… Apparently, they’ve actually nominated a few kids before, but they didn’t get caught and this time they got him.” they did, because the truth is that in 1980 a small industry insider awards ceremony without the power of social media was like, ‘Go ahead, we can all handle it,’ but now it’s another way of publicly allowing others to shame and ridicule them. with platforms that maybe they couldn’t have anticipated back in the day. But now they know.”
His co-host, Matt Ross, chimed in: “I’m not messing with you. I love Mama Bear Drew.”
The parody honors previously nominated child stars such as Gary Coleman in the ’80s and Macaulay Culkin in the ’90s.
Watch the clip above.
