EgyptAir sorry for Drew article
Many people tweeted their doubt about whether it was real
The inflight magazine of Egypt’s national airline apologised on Tuesday over an interview with actress Drew Barrymore that sparked an online furore, with many people tweeting their doubt about whether it was real.
The article went viral after it was posted online by a sceptical reader and the Huffington Post quoted a spokesperson for Barrymore saying she “did not participate” and that her team was “working with the airline PR team”.
The article opens by saying that after “being unstable in relationships most of her life”, Barrymore decided “to temporary take an unlimited vacation to play her most crucial role a mother”. The quotes attributed to the actress are also rendered in imperfect English.
The editor-in-chief of Horus magazine and the head of Ahram advertising agency that publishes it released a letter on Tuesday suggesting the problem lay in translating from English to Arabic and back again.
“We apologise for any misunderstanding that might be interpreted as an offence to the great artist,” they wrote.