{"id":171117,"date":"2025-09-30T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171117\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:50:12","slug":"truth-of-martha-stewart-and-drew-barrymores-beef-revealed-after-talk-show-hosts-cringeworthy-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/171117\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth of Martha Stewart and Drew Barrymore’s ‘beef’ revealed after talk-show host’s cringeworthy stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martha Stewart<\/a> and Drew Barrymore<\/a> have swatted aside the feud rumors<\/a> that have been swirling around them for months.<\/p>\n

The conjecture kicked off when Martha appeared on Drew’s talk show last November and found herself confronted with the hostess’ signature gimmick.<\/p>\n

Drew is known for her oleaginous behavior with her guests, kneeling in front of them and hugging them in exchanges that have viewers cringing.<\/p>\n

When Martha, 84, was on the show last year, Drew, 50, tried caressing her shoulder, only for the lifestyle guru to tartly push her hand away.<\/p>\n

Viewers seized on the awkward moment as evidence of bad blood between the pair – but Martha went back on Drew’s show this week and shot down the speculation.<\/p>\n

‘Now people thought that we had beef, or you had beef with me over that, and I didn\u2019t get it. I was so surprised,’ said Drew, to which Martha made a bemused face and said: ‘Oh, I just don\u2019t like to be petted on television.’<\/p>\n

\"Martha <\/p>\n

Martha Stewart and Drew Barrymore have swatted aside the feud rumors that have been swirling around them for months; Martha pictured on Drew’s show<\/p>\n

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‘Now people thought that we had beef, or you had beef with me over that, and I didn\u2019t get it,’ said Drew in reference to their encounter last year: ‘I was so surprised’<\/p>\n

‘Understood, Martha, I won’t pet again,’ said Drew with playfully exaggerated disappointment, as her guest doubled down: ‘Okay, do not pet me.’<\/p>\n

Martha added: ‘I watched your show and you pet a lot of people,’ then asked the audience: ‘She\u2019s a very cozy girl, don\u2019t you think? I\u2019m not so cozy.’<\/p>\n

When she went on the show in November, Drew asked her what ‘makes you feel soft and gooey,’ and Martha replied: ‘Soft and gooey treatment.’<\/p>\n

At that point Drew started stroking Martha’s shoulder, acting mock flirtatious and asking: ‘Soft and gooey treatment? When you’re treated like a lady?’<\/p>\n

Not long into the shoulder massage, Martha brushed Drew’s hand off her, admonishing her that ‘you’re the wrong gender.’<\/p>\n

‘I know, I know,’ said the granddaughter of John Barrymore. ‘Although, the way it’s going with men though, Martha, I’m not so sure anymore.’<\/p>\n

Drew has previously acknowledged how ‘touchy’ she is on TV, admitting that some guests have even warned her to ‘back off,’ leaving her wondering: ‘Why?’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even self-described ‘hugger’ Meghan Markle appeared on the show and delivered a cheeky barb about how handsy Drew is: ‘I hear you like to connect.’<\/p>\n

\"When <\/p>\n

When Martha, 84, was on the show last year, Drew, 50, tried caressing her shoulder, only for the lifestyle guru to tartly push her hand away<\/p>\n

\"When <\/p>\n

When she went on the show in November, Drew asked her what ‘makes you feel soft and gooey,’ and Martha replied: ‘Soft and gooey treatment’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year, Drew shared that ‘I’ll try to practice physical distance, which is not my strong point,’ speaking to Entertainment Tonight.<\/p>\n

She connected her on-air behavior to the fact that her talk-show premiered in September 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdowns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘You know how hard the pandemic was for me? I was alone in a studio by myself. I like to be around people. It’s not everyone’s favorite, but I’m sorry to those people.’<\/p>\n

She added: ‘I think that first of all we’re always gonna be big on joy and laughter and feeling good, and that was something I always wanted to do, but I never thought we would launch in a pandemic, and trying to lean into the joy and the feel good and the comedy at that time was real weird and wacky.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martha Stewart and Drew Barrymore have swatted aside the feud rumors that have been swirling around them for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,97,76898,96,56901,478,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-171117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-drew-barrymore","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-martha-stewart","13":"tag-tvshowbiz","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}