Martha Stewart Pushes Drew Barrymore Over ‘Soft and Gooey’ Question

Drew Barrymore’s extremely up close-and-personal interview style met its match in Martha Stewart during an interview on the actress’ daytime talk show on Tuesday.

Stewart was on-hand to promote her new cookbook, and perhaps prompted by the description of a baked goods recipe, Barrymore tossed out the question, “What makes you soft and gooey?” Stewart repeated the question then deadpanned, “Soft and gooey treatment.” 

Barrymore — who’s interview style has always been about taking mindful sincerity to, well, soft and gooey extremes  —  put a hand on Stewart’s shoulder and started rubbing her back, asking, “When you’re treated like a lady.” 

But Stewart, unsurprisingly, was not fazed. She stayed hilariously cold and gave the audience a knowing wink before pushing Barrymore away. “You’re the wrong gender,” she quipped.

Barrymore then flopped back on the couch, quipping, “I know, I know,” while Stewart and the audience laughed. (For what it’s worth, Stewart’s been a guest on Barrymore’s show a few times, so it’s hard to imagine the cookbook author was actually shocked or taken aback by the treatment.)

Along with releasing her 100th cookbook, Stewart recently appeared in a new Netflix documentary about her life and career, Martha. While the film has received good reviews, and Stewart participated in the film, she recently expressed her displeasure with everything form the music and camera angles to the narrative choices during an interview with The New York Times.

Stewart said director R.J. Cutler “had total access, and he really used very little. It was just shocking.” Specifically, she called out the final scenes where she said she looked like “a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden.” Stewart said she told Cutler to cut them, but he refused. “I hate those last scenes,” she said. “Hate them.”