--- description: Sarah Paulson may be stuck in an endless feedback loop of Drew Barrymore, she shared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. title: Drew Barrymore Gave Sarah Paulson Feedback on Her Impression image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Drew Barrymore Has Some Feedback for Sarah Paulson on That Impression by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2018 2:43 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2018 2:43 PM CUT [Sarah Paulson](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736222/sarah-paulson/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") did just that on visit to _The Tonight Show_ last September ([watch here](https://youtu.be/KeoPJEWoeO8 "undefined")) 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined") actress impersonate her on the late night talk show circuit. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5288491/sarah-paulson-drew-barrymore-on-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5288491/sarah-paulson-drew-barrymore-on-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Drew Barrymore Has Some Feedback for Sarah Paulson on That Impression","datePublished":"2018-05-23T14:43:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:05.247Z","description":"Sarah Paulson may be stuck in an endless feedback loop of Drew Barrymore","url":"https://time.com/5288491/sarah-paulson-drew-barrymore-on-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5288491/sarah-paulson-drew-barrymore-on-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Drew Barrymore Has Some Feedback for Sarah Paulson on That Impression"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"7 Successful Child Actors MONEY","description":"These kids made some serious cash.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TjSqgZLw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-03T21:50:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TjSqgZLw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5288491/sarah-paulson-drew-barrymore-on-jimmy-fallon/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5288491/sarah-paulson-drew-barrymore-on-jimmy-fallon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```