FULL NAME: Drizella “Izzy” Tremaine
FACE CLAIM: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
PRONOUNS: She/Her
BIRTHDAY: April 3 1990
CURRENT STATUS: Taken
Character Information || cw: death, bullying ||
Drizella Tremaine and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Week: A Story in Headlines, Tweets, and Other Online Things
Izzy Maine loses it
Weigh in: should we #CancelIzzy??
A video of comedian Izzy Maine, 33, pouring scalding hot coffee on TikTok personality Esme Bennet (@its_esmayyyyyy), 20, has gone viral — with the hashtag #CancelIzzy trending as well.
The video, which seems to take place at a brunch gathering held at Bennet’s house in Los Angeles, showcases the comedian angrily storming up to Bennet and purposefully dumping a carton of coffee onto the influencer and nearby guests, including Maine’s husband of three years, comedian Grant Dayton, 35.
Dayton and Maine are both alumni of Saturday Night Live, who left the sketch comedy show to pursue their own projects. Before the Writer’s Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes, the pair were working on a new comedy series for Netflix, with Maine showrunning and Dayton executive-producing and starring.
Many of Bennet’s fans are rallying on social media, calling for Netflix to cancel Maine’s show.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER: OCT. 13 2023
esmayfan11: izzy maine is an ugly anti-magick c*nt who just hates beautiful half-fairies #CancelIzzy
🍃greengirlyy🍃: wait, izzy maine is anti-magick???? who is she??
esmayfan11: yeah lol shes this bitchy comedian and called esme a lot of fairy-slurs and one of my moots found this old video where she’s pulling her ears up to make them pointy ://///
🍃greengirlyy🍃: omg i never knew… and im a fairy … time to #CancelIzzy
Izzy Maine’s catastrophic fall from grace
In the aftermath of the comedian’s explosive outburst, more women are coming forward with stories of Maine’s volatile behavior
“One time during a writer’s meeting, she got so mad that she grabbed a tray of bagels and flung it onto the table,” says a writer’s assistant, who prefers to remain anonymous. “Gobs of cream cheese got everywhere. I had to leave the room crying, I was so scared. The smell of lox wouldn’t leave my hair for days.”
When asked about the bagel incident, a representative of Maine’s provided this statement:
“It’s true that Izzy often gets passionate in the writer’s room, because she wants the best from her team. This claim however completely misconstrues what happened, which was simply a clumsy dining accident that occurred when Izzy was vehemently gesturing.”
The representative went on to say that Maine paid for the entire team’s laundry and dry-cleaning.
THE COMMENTS OF AN INSTAGRAM POST OF SAID ARTICLE: OCT. 16 2023
🍃greengirlyy🍃: ugh and this article never even mentions how anti-magick she is!!!!!!! #CancelIzzy
carson_tyler: Izzy Maine is anti-Magick? Since when??
🍃greengirlyy🍃: OMG Uncle tyler did u not hear about the esme bennet stuff??? Ill DM u a google doc
eggsandjake: I bet she scared all the magicks who ever worked with her into silence. #CancelIzzy
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: OCT. 17 2023
Multiple Netflix projects scrapped; streamer cites creative differences
Netflix officially pulled the plug on at least 12 different shows and movies in development, citing new directions and creative differences between the talent involved. This coincides with the end of the 148-day Writers Guild of America strike, and the ongoing Screen Actors Guild strike.
The canceled projects run a wide gamut from Love is Blind: Avalor, the long-rumored biopic of Ingary’s Madame Sulliman, and comedian Izzy Maine’s highly anticipated sitcom. Considering the other changes at Netflix, specifically the price plan and introduction of an ad-tier, it seems like the streamer is pivoting to a new direction.
FACEBOOK COMMENTS: OCT. 17 2023
Tyler Carson: Wow. Good riddance to Izzy Maine! My niece tells me that she’s really anti-Magick… knowing her, this show was probably problematic! Used to love her stuff but now… #CancelIzzy
Grace Frank: DONT.. LISTEN.. TO the WOKE moB… I never LIKED THIS WOMAN.. But she is BEING SILENCED by the LIBS
Netflix was right to dump Izzy Maine
Coffee and bagels aside…
TikTok influencer coffee spill and bagel tray flinging aside, Izzy Maine was just never funny and it’s time we admit that.
I don’t mean to be the type of person who brags about not liking something cool, but I never got Izzy Maine’s whole schtick. Didn’t we leave behind that whole “not like other girls, rah-rah I like pizza and beer and hate motherhood” deal behind in 2013? None of her standup clips have ever made me laugh.
I’m not alone. Earlier this year, an audio clip from one of Maine’s standups went viral — but for reasons I’m sure Izzy Maine would hate. It’s a clip from one of her standups, where she brags about being the type of woman who doesn’t wear makeup. It became a meme, with plenty of empowered young women, proudly showing off their makeup routines and outright mocking Maine’s words.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER: OCT. 18 2023
esmayfan11: omg… i kno what we should do in support of esme!! we should all make tiktoks with that old izzy maine audio where she’s talking about how fake makeup is and show how BEAUTIFUL esme is with her magic and perfect makeup #CancelIzzy
✓ Extroverted, loyal, honest-to-a-fault
✖ Hedonistic, shallow, quick-to-anger
Anastasia Tremaine (sister)
Rodmilla Tremaine (mother)
Ella Ashbourne (stepsister)