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Drew Barrymore Rushed By Stalker On 92nd Street Y Stage On UES: Video

"That went full 'Bodyguard,'" Barrymore told her interviewer, who escorted the star off-stage Monday as security dealt with the stalker.

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A stalker confronted Drew Barrymore while she was onstage at the 92nd Street Y during a tense moment captured in a viral video.

Barrymore briefly rushed offstage Monday after the stalker, a man who identified himself as Chad Michael Busto, shouted at her from the audience.

"You know who I am," the man yelled, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "I need to see you at some point while I’m in New York."

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The man made his way to the auditorium's front row, where security guards stopped and removed him from the Upper East Side theater, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

And it wasn't just the security guards who sprang to action to protect the beloved "E.T." actress.

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Barrymore's interviewer, singer Reneé Rapp, helped shepherd her to safety — an act of "protectiveness" that drew gratitude from the star.

"That went full 'Bodyguard,'" she said, before hugging Rapp. "You are my Kevin Costner."

An NYPD spokesperson told Patch that police didn't receive a complaint about the incident.

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