Drew Barrymore at the 2023 TIME 100 Gala.Photo:Arturo Holmes/WireImage
Arturo Holmes/WireImage
Drew Barrymoreis okay with talking about her past.
The talk show host candidly discussed what she learned about divorce on Wednesday’sThe Drew Barrymore Showbroadcast.
Barrymore, 49,was married to Jeremy Thomasfrom 1994 to 1995 and toTom Greenfrom 2001 to 2002. ShemarriedWill Kopelmanin 2012, and the two welcomed two daughters together,Olive Barrymore Kopelman, 11, andFrankie Barrymore Kopelman, 9, beforedivorcing in 2016.
Divorce became a topic of conversation after discussingJennifer Lopez’s “Can’t Get Enough” music video, in whichshe “pokes fun at being a four-time bride.”
“I had so much shame around divorce and, for some reason, something happened, and I said, ‘I’m no longer willing to feel this way.’ And it just lifted from me,” said Barrymore about her own experience with divorce.
The television personality said that she views divorce as a way to save “the precious commodity we have on this planet, which is only our time.”
Drew Barrymore at the 2023 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor presentation.Taylor Hill/WireImage
Taylor Hill/WireImage
Barrymore shared her feelings with guestMarie Osmond, who discussed her own experience with divorce. The segment ended with Barrymore praising Lopez’s music video.
“Jlo, I love you,” she said. “I really appreciate, again, [for] you bringing empowerment to where most people go to shame. We’ve all been in it. So go Jlo.”
In December 2022, Barrymore addressed her divorce from Kopelman, telling PEOPLEthat “there was no scandal.”
Will Kopelman and Drew Barrymore take a photo with their daughters.Drew Barrymore/Instagram
Drew Barrymore/Instagram
“Nothing went wrong, which is cleaner but makes it harder and more confusing because there isn’t the thing to point to. We tried so hard to make it work. [A friend] said to me, ‘Divorce is the death of a dream.’ That’s exactly what it feels like, something so final you can’t get it back.”
She told PEOPLE that the experience made her vow to be a more present mother to their kids.
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“I know what that feels like. If I haven’t learned from that, then what was it all for ‘This is a family, so nobody’s going anywhere.’ I was determined to make it work because we all loved each other so much,” said Barrymore.
source: people.com
