Drew Barrymore’s ‘Hollywood Squares’ Reboot Fires Showrunner For Allegedly Raising His Arms & Telling Minority Crew Members ‘Don’t Rob Me’

August 29, 2024 by Kay Johnson in TV with 0 Comments

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Drew Barrymore’s ‘Hollywood Squares’ Reboot Fires Showrunner For Allegedly Raising His Arms & Telling Minority Crew Members ‘Don’t Rob Me’

A racially insensitive jest cost the rebooted Hollywood Squares showrunner his job.

Reports state that the Drew Barrymore-produced gameshow has relieved Vincent Rubino of his duties for allegedly making a racially charged remark to crew members.

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Jesse Collins Entertainment, the production company producing the new reboot for CBS alongside Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films, quickly decided to fire showrunner Rubino after the incident was reported to HR.

A source familiar with the matter stated that Rubino was accused of raising his arms and saying “Don’t rob me” to three people of color (believed to be Black and Hispanic/Latino) working as production assistants.

In case you’re unfamiliar, Hollywood Squares was a staple celebrity-filled gameshow from its 1960s inception to its 1st reboot in 1998, and second cancellation in 2004. The show has been visited by a wealth of famous faces, such as Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O’Donnell, and sees contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes by utilizing the celebrity-occupied squares to answer questions that can lead to them to a game win.

CBS announced it was, once again, bringing the series back to airwaves in collaboration with Barrymore, who will take the coveted middle square on season 1 of the rebooted show, which is expected to premiere sometime next year.

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