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# Drew Barrymore Has Some Feedback for Sarah Paulson on That Impression

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## Melissa Locker


May 23, 2018 2:43 PM UTC

[Sarah Paulson](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736222/sarah-paulson/) is an award-winning actress, but that doesn’t mean Drew Barrymore is thrilled to have her imitate on her national television. Yet [Paulson](http://time.com/4608089/sarah-paulson-on-rihanna/) did just that on visit to _The Tonight Show_ last September ([watch here](https://youtu.be/KeoPJEWoeO8)) and only later figured out that impersonating a famous actor may not have been a great idea.

“I didn’t realize how that could potentially be a problem because somebody might be a little offended,” the _American Horror Story_ actor explained on Tuesday night’s episode of _The Tonight Show_. She had to re-think that, though, because Hollywood is a small town and they were bound to see each other eventually. “I ran into Drew Barrymore at Ellen DeGeneres’ 60th birthday party—and all of the sudden I had this white out in terror thinking, like, I did an impression of her on national television. She may hate my guts.”

Luckily, the potentially incredibly awkward situation was defused by Barrymore. “She didn’t \[hate my guts\]. She thought I was okay,” [Paulson](http://time.com/4522714/sarah-paulson-shoop-fallon/?iid=sr-link1) said, before breaking into yet another impression of the actor: “She was like, ‘Sarah that was such a good impression. I thought it was so, so accurate. I feel super honored. It was so sweet of you.’”

Hopefully Barrymore will continue to be okay with having an [Emmy-winning](http://time.com/4484666/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys/?iid=sr-link4) actress impersonate her on the late night talk show circuit.


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