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Drew Barrymore is getting candid about how her tumultuous childhood shaped the way she raises her daughters. In a heartfelt conversation with Moon Zappa on The Drew Barrymore Show, the Charlie’s Angels star reflected on the struggles she faced growing up and how they influence her approach to parenting today.
Barrymore, who shares 12-year-old Olive and 10-year-old Frankie with ex-husband Will Kopelman, expressed how deeply her divorce affected her. “Everything to me was very devastating and took me a long time to recover from if it wasn’t in the traditional family dynamic that I swore I would do for my family,” she admitted.
Recalling moments from her own childhood, Barrymore opened up about the simple things that made her envious of other kids—like having a parent pick them up from school when they were sick. “I was so jealous of those kids who would call and be like, ‘Mom, Dad, come pick me up.’ I just would sit there and be like, ‘What’s that like?’” she shared.
Now, as a mother, Barrymore is determined to be the kind of parent she longed for. During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she even declared, “I am on this planet to raise girls.”
Despite the hardships, Barrymore remains devoted to co-parenting and ensuring her daughters have the love, stability, and reliability she wished for as a child.