Drew Barrymore said 'Bridgerton' inspired her to reactivate her profile on a dating app
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Darcy Schild
Jan 16, 2021, 21:18 IST
Drew Barrymore pictured in 2020 on her talk show; Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor in "Bridgerton."Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; Liam Daniel/Netflix
Drew Barrymore said watching the Netflix series "Bridgerton" led her to rejoin a dating app — adding: "I'm not dead. I'm not dead."
"Bridgerton" star Regé-Jean Page joked with Barrymore on her talk show: "I didn't know that was the most that we were going to turn on, but we did it."
Page and lead actress Phoebe Dynevor also revealed how they warned their families about the sex scenes or managed to watch the show together.
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Drew Barrymore said in an episode of her talk show that while watching Netflix's romantic period-drama series "Bridgerton," she returned to a dating app that she had seemingly stopped using or deleted.
The "Bridgerton" stars also told Barrymore about how their families reacted to the show's love scenes.
Page, who plays the show's mysterious Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, said that he alerted his family about love scenes in "Bridgerton" via a WhatsApp message. He said he typed red-colored siren emoji around names of episodes that included particularly steamy moments.
But he added that thanks to one British tradition, his family was prepared to watch the show.
"The Brits are very well-drilled for this as well," Page said, saying that members of his family left the room to prepare tea in anticipation of episodes' love scenes. "You just leave the room and put the kettle on."
Dynevor said the fast-forward function on her TV remote made it possible.
"I find it really hard to watch myself, but I had to if they were going to watch it, so I had to stand there with the remote at any given point to fast-forward," Dynevor told Barrymore. "We were good - we got through it."
Produced by Shonda Rhimes, the first season of the series is adapted from "The Duke and I," a bestselling novel from the "Bridgerton" book series by Julia Quinn.
Catch up on more "Bridgerton" coverage from Insider here.
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