{"id":2886,"date":"2018-10-04T20:31:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T20:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/drew-barrymore-surreal-article-defended-by-egyptair\/"},"modified":"2018-10-04T20:31:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T20:31:10","slug":"drew-barrymore-surreal-article-defended-by-egyptair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/drew-barrymore-surreal-article-defended-by-egyptair\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Barrymore: ‘Surreal’ article defended by EgyptAir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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EgyptAir has defended an interview with actress Drew Barrymore that was slated on social media after being published in its in-flight magazine.<\/p>\n

The article, in which the ET star is quoted talking about motherhood, went viral after being posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Barrymore’s representatives said she “did not participate” in the interview.<\/p>\n

EgyptAir said<\/a> it was “a professional magazine interview” and the article’s author Aida Takla O’Reilly insisted<\/a> it was “genuine and far from fake”.<\/p>\n

The article, which contains a number of grammatical and spelling errors, was spotted by political analyst Adam Baron in Horus, EgyptAir’s in-flight magazine.<\/p>\n

Baron posted pictures of the piece on Twitter on Tuesday, describing its contents as “surreal”.<\/p>\n

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The piece opens with observations about Barrymore’s romantic history, saying she has been “unstable in her relationships” and has had “several unsuccessful marriages”.<\/p>\n

The introduction goes on to say the “beautiful American Hollywood actress… has recently decided to temporary [sic] take an unlimited vacation to play her most crucial role as a mother”.<\/p>\n

The Charlie’s Angels actress was then quoted as saying she didn’t “intentionally follow certain parenting methods” with her daughters, Olive and Frankie.<\/p>\n

“I do not consult with psychologists,” she went on to say, according to the magazine. “I focus on nurturing their minds as well as their small bodies.”<\/p>\n

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The article went on to praise the 43-year-old for “her previous graceful body” after giving birth.<\/p>\n

The actress is quoted as saying: “I feel overwhelmed when someone tells me that I have regained my image and managed to lose that extra weight.<\/p>\n

“However, I find this a great opportunity to encourage every woman who is overweight to work on regaining her beauty and body, especially that it is not as hard as one may think.”<\/p>\n

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Far from professional. It\u2019s a \u201cPuff piece \u201c riddled with conjecture, misquotes and appalling grammar. Above all it was not \u201can interview\u201d it read like a school level judgmental bio, and without the consent of the artist themselves. Shameful tabloid journalism<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steve Davies (@kod3r28) October 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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Aida Takla O’Reilly is an Egypt-born former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which organises the annual Golden Globes awards.<\/p>\n

Stars often participate in press conferences for HFPA members, who use the resulting quotes in articles that are published internationally.<\/p>\n

Barrymore’s representatives said she did not “technically… sit down with EgyptAir for an interview” but that the quotes were drawn from one such press conference.<\/p>\n

According to Metro<\/a>, they said they had been told by Takla O’Reilly that she did not write the introduction to the piece, despite being credited as its author.<\/p>\n

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