Drew Barrymore reveals she regrets working with Woody Allen

Hollywood star Drew Barrymore recently revealed that she regrets her time working with filmmaker Woody Allen years ago and praised Dylan Farrow for speaking out against him According to Fox News the actor who entered the talk show arena in 2020 said on The Drew Barrymore Show on Monday that she was gaslit into working with the Oscar winner She made the revelation to her guest Dylan Farrow the adoptive daughter of the disgraced directorSpeaking about working with Woody Allen she said I did a film with him in 1996 called Everyone Says I Love You and there was no higher career calling card than to work with Woody AllenBarrymore said she became regretful years later when she became a mother Barrymore said Then I had children and it changed me because I realised that I was one of the people who was basically gaslit into not looking at a narrative beyond what I was being told And I see what is happening in the industry now and that is because of you making that brave choice So thank you for thatBarrymore was referring to Dylans allegations that Allen molested her as a child The allegations and family divide were explored in the HBO documentary series Allen v Farrow released earlier this year Dylans mother Mia Farrow and her brother Ronan Farrow also participated in the series Allen has denied the allegations for almost 30 years and Mia declined to press charges at the timeDylan responded to Barrymore and said I am trying not to cry right now It is so meaningful because it is so easy for me to say Of course you should not work with him He is a jerk He is a monster I just find it incredibly brave and incredibly generous that you would say to me that my story and what I went through was important enough to reconsider thatDylan pointed out that her family was contacted by producers to participate in the series She said she was surprised to learn that some of her siblings signed on to participate publicly because we would not talk about it with each otherIn terms of like family meetings not really There was communication Interestingly the documentary has led to greater communication between us as a result she saidShe also confirmed she did not watch the series with her mother but it was not possible due to being in separate quarantine pods amid the ongoing pandemic In the first episode Dylan does not go into detail about the abuse she alleges she suffered under her adoptive father when she was a child However she did reiterate claims she previously made in a 2014 open letter published by a news outletAccording to Fox News she claimed that Allen would relentlessly pursue her when he was at their apartment allegedly coaxing her into inappropriate situationsShe said I have memories of getting into bed with him He was in his underwear and Im in my underwear cuddling I remember his breath on me He would just wrap his body around me very intimatelyAfter adopting Dylan Mia and Allen conceived Ronan Shortly after that is when Dylan said the abuse began Mia alleged that she too noticed a change in Allens approach to the children at that timeFollowing the premiere episode of the fourpart series Allen and SoonYi released a statement to Fox News further denying the allegations against him and questioning the legitimacy of the HBO projectThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever