American actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore talks about her struggles and the various challenges she had to overcome on her way to becoming who she is now and finding happiness again.
Barrymore, in a new interview, revealed what she had to do to give her daughter the chance to have a family, something she says she doesn’t have. He claims that going through a divorce at the time destroyed him. The “Charlie’s Angels” actor also opened up about his drinking problem.
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Drew Barrymore On The ‘Paralyzingly Difficult’ Years After Divorce
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In a recent interview with Many peopleBarrymore admits that going through a divorce was one of the most challenging experiences of her life and it put her in a bad place.
The actress and her ex-husband, Will Kopelman, separated in 2016, and she stated that one of the hardest things about it was that there was no scandal or other possible reason because “nothing went wrong.”
“We are working hard to make it happen. A friend once said to me, ‘Divorce is death in a dream.’ That’s what it feels like—something so final you can’t get it back,” revealed the “Batman Forever” actor.
Barrymore, 43, also revealed that despite being divorced, she has vowed in her heart to raise her children, Olive, 10, and Frankie, 8, as a family.
She noted that it wasn’t easy, calling the years after her divorce “very difficult,” revealing that she had to move to New York to be near the Kopelman family.
Drew Barrymore Struggles With Alcohol
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While telling Many people about her dark days, the TV host admitted to using alcohol to “take the pain away and feel good.”
“It just brought me down,” he said. “There are times where you can look at someone you thought was strong and see them so broken and say, ‘How did they get there?’ and I am that person. I’m broken.” He also mentioned that alcohol helped him cope with his pain.
Barrymore explained how her drinking problem led her astray again and she had to deal with it because of her children.
“My kids are what make me feel like it’s game time,” he said. The actress also shared that developing “The Drew Barrymore Show” gave her “something to focus on and pour myself into. It gave us something to believe in.”
Drew Barrymore Had To Change Her Plan To Make It Work
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The TV personality is no stranger to the big screen; he became famous in puppy food commercials when he was 11 months old. At the age of 7, he made a cameo in the American science fiction film “The Extra-Terrestrial.”
Barrymore stated that in 2019, Elaine Bauer Brooks, senior vice president of development and multi-platform programming at CBS, contacted her and asked if she could tape the sale.
Barrymore, fully aware she was being asked to audition, proudly displayed her skills and admitted that she had given the network a condition that the show was not just about celebrities.
He said, “I don’t want to do a show where all I do is talk insider baseball. That’s not the growth I’m looking for. But if you’re willing to do a balance between celebrity and other stories, I really want to do that show.
The show, which premiered in 2020 amid the pandemic, didn’t get off to a good start, according to Barrymore, because its initial approach, which included a lot of comedy, wasn’t good for daytime TV. It has since been revamped and reformatted and is now the fastest growing daytime show, per Many people.
He Puts Himself First
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As which the little girl is missing the author is ready to celebrate the golden jubilee of his birth, he chooses to put himself first in all things.
The actor discussed achieving several goals in his life saying, “This has been the best decade of my life, without question. It’s not only the coolest, it’s the one where I feel like I’ve killed more dragons than I’ve ever had in my entire life.”
Barrymore added that she previously thought of happiness as “a giddy, passionate confidence” but now believes that life is more complicated than that.
“It’s a choice. You have to work for it. Hard to get to some days. So when you’ve capitalized on that, it feels like an even better win.” And when you have it? “You hold on tight,” he said.
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