Drew Barrymore found her name trending on Twitter on Friday, Aug. 26, after a woman called the talk show host "racist" for happily enjoying a rain storm outside.This week, Drew posted a social media video that showed her rejoicing in a rare Los Angeles rainstorm.
However, a woman in a TikTok video felt Drew was "frolicking" in the rain and insisted the talk show host "cosigned… people who just go out of their way to disrespect and dismiss the boundaries that Black creators have set.""What is it so important to all of you to treat us like we don't matter," the woman said while giving little context as to why Drew's rain-soaked video was so controversial or had racial implications.
Frolicking in the rain is now racist pic.twitter.com/L6nq3RxkJ2After the attempted takedown of Drew, very few people cosigned the woman's take.
However, the overwhelming majority of social media users backed Drew while mocking the woman's take."Smiling, be happy is racist," one person sarcastically said. "I'm sorry if you're gonna call Drew Barrymore 'racist' for simply dancing in the rain because she 'stole the trend from black creators' then what do you call the native Americans who literally CREATED rain dances for decades prior to this?
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