Recently, Hugh Grant said that Drew Barrymore’s voice in ‘Music And Lyrics‘ was worse than “barking dogs.” Turns out, Drew Barrymore isn’t upset with Grant’s remarks about her vocal talents. She isn’t. She’s assuring everyone that this banter is the 62-year-old actor’s love language he reserves for people he’s fond of.

On her talk show ‘The Drew Barrymore Show,’ the host gave a sarcastic music performance of the song ‘Way Back Into Love‘ from ‘Music And Lyrics‘ where she starred with Hugh Grant. She also defended his infamous red-carpet interview with model Ashley Graham. Read what Barrymore said about his dear friend and former co-star.

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Drew Barrymore Isn’t Upset With Hugh Grant’s Remarks

Drew Barrymore has no complaints about Hugh Grant’s dismissive remarks. She thinks it’s just him razzing her up for giggles. She defended her ‘Music And Lyrics’ co-stars, saying it’s just a way of showing affection. He means no harm or foul to anyone.

“I swear, if you know Hugh, like, that is his way of loving you. I swear, okay, so it’s funny, too, because there’s this thing going around with him and Ashley Graham on the red carpet, and people are like, he’s such a curmudgeon and she’s so thrown,” said the former actress and talk show host. She was referring to the actor’s infamous red-carpet interview with Ashley Graham.

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Hugh Grant’s Dismissive Red Carpet Interview With Ashley Graham

While the atmosphere around the 95th Academy Awards was buzzing, Hugh Grant didn’t share any excitement. The English actor was cornered on the Red Carpet by model Ashley Graham for a quick, well-meaning interview which was a disaster. He was unabashedly rude to Ashley Graham, refusing to give an interesting answer to any of her questions.

Drew Barrymore leaped to hr ‘Music And Lyrics‘ co-star’s defense, saying, “No, that is Hugh Grant. You think you’re getting this charming movie star and what you really get is grumpy Hugh and then you fall in love with grumpy Hugh. When he says that, I’m telling you, he is being absolutely funny, he doesn’t mean one negative thing about it.” We couldn’t be more awe of Drew Barrymore, who handled these comments, whether intended as banter or not, with true showmanship.

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