#162: Can knock the hustle - by Haley Nahman - Maybe Baby

On the pleasant irony of the Hollywood strikes

The first Drew Barrymore critique I read last week came from the writer Amanda Fortini on Twitter, who wrote: “Sadly I have had to learn this lesson repeatedly in my own life, but anyone whose identity or personal brand rests on how nice, kind, warm, lovable, or friendly they are is probably not a great person when you scratch the surface. Sorry but it’s true.” When I read it, I hadn’t yet heard the news, so I assumed this was another Ellen-Fallon-style scandal whereby some gossip had gotten out about a secretly toxic work environment on the set of Barrymore’s talk show. (I’d have believed…

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