Drew Barrymore experienced one of the scariest moments of her life after a man interrupted a live show to harass her. The actress was chatting with singer Reneé Rapp at the 92NY Cultural Center about her debut album. Everything was going normally until a man made an unexpected appearance to talk to the E.T. star.
The person in the audience shouted Drew Barrymore’s name, which made her jump out of her seat, and she responded with a face full of fear and confusion, “Oh my gosh, yes, hello.” As attention was focused on him, the man introduced himself by identifying himself as Chad Michael Busto. He assured her that she knew who he was and that they should meet urgently.
“I’m Chad Michael Busto. You know who I am. I need to see you at some point,” he said. Seeing the risk he posed, Reneé grabbed Drew and pulled her backstage, where they could be heard taking off the microphones and beginning to talk about the incident. “That was…,” the celebrities could be heard chatting.
The security team removed the man from the venue and escorted him out. Once it seemed all out of danger, Drew and Reneé returned to the stage, while Barrymore thanked the singer for protecting her. “Well, I have a new definition of your sexiness. It’s that level of protection. That was all The Bodyguard (…) You’re my Kevin Costner,” Drew told Reneé.
Apparently, nothing happened beyond a big scare and a terrified moment, as the two continued the show without a hitch.
Who Is Chad Michael Busto, the Man Who Harassed Drew Barrymore?
After the video of this moment went viral, Internet users took on the task of investigating who Chad Michael Busto is. According to reports, this man has several accounts on X, formerly Twitter, through which he harasses several celebrities such as Amber Heard.
This man’s track record is scary. In 2012, he attempted to seduce two students aged 12 and 15 at a bus stop. He asked them questions about the Bible and then began making comments of a sexual nature. The victims ran away and told security at their school.
Five years later, Chad again captured the attention of the newspapers. He walked into a bank, asked for a place to get a coffee, and then complained for several minutes about a pain in his foot. He was asked to leave the place, as he had already generated fear and discomfort. The man simply took a piece of paper and wrote: “This is the real two hundred million dollars; this is fake.”
In addition, in August of the same year, Chad Michael was arrested for “disorderly conduct, indecent exposure, and resisting arrest.” After all this information about this man was disseminated, Drew Barrymore’s fans fear for her safety, although it is very likely that she will reinforce it.
This story was written in Spanish by Nayeli Párraga in Cultura Colectiva
