Hugh Grant slammed Drew Barrymore's "horrendous" singing voice, and the actress has responded. Photo / Getty Images
Hugh Grant slammed Drew Barrymore's "horrendous" singing voice, and the actress has responded. Photo / Getty Images
Drew Barrymore has responded to her Music and Lyrics co-star Hugh Grant’s swipe at her singing in the film by singing the main song into a hairbrush.
The Bridget Jones’s Diarystar said “dogs bark better” than Drew sang in their 2007 rom-com.
The 62-year-old actor – who has been slammed for his car-crash interview with model Ashley Graham at this year’s Oscars – played washed-up singer Alex Fletcher in the movie, and said Barrymore, 48, had a “horrendous” singing voice in her role as Sophie Fisher, who he recruits to help him write lyrics for his comeback duet with a teen pop star.
Grant mocked her during a question-and-answer session for Wired magazine, in which he responded to “the web’s most-searched questions”.
Replying to the query: “Does Hugh Grant actually sing in Music and Lyrics?, the actor said: “Yes, well I do, but I’m auto-tuned beyond belief. Actually, that’s not true – I’m auto-tuned a bit, but not as much as some.
Barrymore is also getting her own back by encouraging her millions of followers to #SingForHughGrant.
She laughed: “Oh Hugh... bert, Hugh-bert. That’s for you.”
Grant admitted Barrymore’s singing improved after “they tuned her up”, and said: “She sounded way better than me because she’s got heart and voice and rock ‘n’ roll.”
Meanwhile, Ashley Graham has said she wants to stick to her mum’s advice to be “kind” amid the fallout from her now-infamous interview with Grant at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12.
The model, 34, was faced with short answers, smirks and an eye roll from Grant when she chatted to him for footage that has since gone viral.
Graham told TMZ when she was asked about her reaction to the wave of support she has had since the chat: “You know what, my mama told me to kill people with kindness.”
Model Ashley Graham interviews Hugh Grant at the 95th Academy Awards in Hollywood. Photo / ABC
Grant’s reactions to Graham during her interview with him saw it branded ”the worst interview ever”, with droves of fans lashing out at the actor for his disinterest during the backstage chat.
The interview included Grant telling Graham he was wearing “my suit” when she asked him who designed his tuxedo, before he added: “My tailor.”
He also told her when she asked him what it was liked to act in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: “Well, I’m barely in it, I was in it for about three seconds.”
When Graham added: “You had fun right?”, Grant said: “Errr... almost.” He then looked away and rolled his eyes.
