Drew Barrymore just confirmed a bizarre rumor about the body of her grandfather John Barrymore.
The actress, 45, revealed on the YouTube channel Hot Ones that it was indeed true that her grandfather’s body was stolen in May 1942 by the friends of the morgue by her friends so they could all party one last time together.
She admitted that John’s three friends – Errol Flynn, WC Fields, and Sadakichi Hartmann – took his body and actually hit it at a poker table.
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‘I hope my friends do the same for me,’ joked Barrymore. ‘That’s the kind of mind I can put behind me. Just push the old bag up and do the last few rounds. “
She added, “I think death comes with so much morose sadness, and I understand that, but if it’s okay, just with me, if everyone can be really happy and festive and have a party, that would be my preference.”
Actress Drew Barrymore performs at the “Santa Clarita Diet” premiere on February 1, 2017 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Barrymore added that the stunt presumably inspired a movie.
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‘Not only yes [about the rumor]”But there are cinematic interpretations of it,” the actress replied. “A Blake Edwards movie called ‘SOB’ that’s just brilliant and fun to watch.”
Actor John Barrymore died in May 1942.
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Barrymore is making a prepping for her new talk show during the day, “The Drew Barrymore Show,” which is slated to premiere September 14 on CBS.
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“I’m really looking forward to this digital world we’ll bring you into,” the “Santa Clarita Diet” star said in a recent press release. ‘I’ve been on this show tour for a year. We started in 2019, it is now 2020, a very different year. “
