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Drew Barrymore was a posterchild for hot mess celebrity children pouring Bailey’s over her icecream at 7, institutionalized at 13 for cutting and was granted emancipation from her parents at 14 but shockingly she says none of those events were her lowest point. In People’s 50 year anniversary issue, she revealed it was actually the challenges of dealing with her own children during her divorce that had her at her lowest. Referencing her 1999 People interview as a teenager, she said “Oh, I remember this cover story so well, and it was very empowering. “And when I look at it now, I don’t see sadness or tragedy. I love that I was a walking cautionary tale because then when we talk about how we raise our kids in a world where they’re all out there on social media, we all have to be almost in the mindset of what Hollywood parents were like, which is: Do I want to protect my child? What are the boundaries? What should I be teaching them? We’re all rowing in that boat.”
And if you think the mother to Olive, 11, and Frankie, 10 with her ex-husband Will Kopelman is hiding from her past as a child or ashamed of it, that is hardly the case. She said “I actually feel like this gives me such a beautiful little merit badge, like a scout’s honor to get into that conversation and know how to navigate that as a parent myself. She says she sees her addiction battle as “extremely positive” because she’s in a much better place now. “I may feel lost again at different moments, because you never figure it all out and it never all comes together. You just keep finding things. And if you hold onto those findings, then you have this collection of wisdom and you don’t feel as lost the next time. Your compass is a little more tuned in.”
She also says her 1999 People cover is kind of funny to her now. “If you thought this was a low point, no. Divorce with two kids, that was a much more difficult moment for me because all of a sudden it wasn’t about [me], it was about [my kids].” One thing she did say that is quite relatable was “And so whatever you think will be your lowest point or your hardest moment, it might not be. There might be another one down the road and it’s okay. You will get through it.” Madea talked about saying how you couldn’t get worse if you asked God to please send you worse. Unfortunately that’s not how life works. There’s always worse but the good thing is that you can get through it and that’s what she’s a testament of. It’s hard to imagine this once mess of a Hollywood child has turned herself into the talk show host giving people advice but she’s done it. And we’re happy to see her out on the other side.
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