Drew Barrymore is giving a sassy response after her “Music and Lyrics” co-star and former duet partner Hugh Grant dissed her singing skills.
In a video for Wired published Monday, Grant, 62, reflected on working with Barrymore, 48, in the 2007 romantic comedy and admitted she’s not the best singer.
“Drew Barrymore was in that movie with me and I don’t think she would mind me saying her singing is just terrible,” the Brit said. “I’ve heard dogs bark better than she sings.”
Still, Grant admitted that Barrymore can out-sing him.
“Once they tuned her up, she sounded a lot better than me because she’s got heart and voice and rock ‘n’ roll,” he said.
On Thursday, Barrymore took to Instagram, hairbrush in hand, to challenge Grant’s analysis in a video called “My Response to Hugh Grant.” In the post, she sings “Way Back to Love,” the song she sang with Grant, in the film, before looking into the camera and saying with a smile, “Oh Hugh… bert. Hubert. It’s for you .”
In “Music and Lyrics,” Barrymore plays a woman who helps a musician, played by Grant, compose a hit song.
Barrymore is no stranger to making waves on social media and turning heads in a viral TikTok where she eats a slice of pizza in a deconstructed style.
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In the video, published in September, Barrymore removes the top of her pizza to create what she calls a “pizza salad.”
“I’m sure people are going to say, ‘How dare you turn this into a pizza,'” Barrymore says as she scrapes off the pizza’s toppings. “I get it. I feel really guilty about it myself.”
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