Drew Barrymore

The host of The Drew Barrymore Show is finding new success on TV — and in the rest of her life. "This is the most real happiness I've ever known," she says.

Most nights, "I just want to be home with the kids," she says. "It was just trying to numb the pain and feel good—and alcohol totally did that for me," she says. "I'm such a mom and I'm so under the workload, and I love being with my friends and I love being alone, where does dating fit in?" It's just different than the one I swore would be the case." "I was talking in a room by myself," she says of doing the show without a studio audience. "Something in being a part of my dad's family has been such a cosmic, spiritual, magnetic pull," she says. [Emancipated at age 14](https://people.com/books/drew-barrymore-pays-tribute-to-mom-as-her-book-wildflower-is-released/) from her actor parent — John, who was rarely around, and Jaid, who took 9-year-old Drew to places like Studio 54 — she feels a constant "umbilical" pull to her family and their craft. "Drew took the notes." "Since I was 19, I've had to listen to criticism and studio heads and executives. "I said, 'I don't want to do a show where all I do is talk insider baseball. I holler, looking at the neon sign on the wall that reads "timing is everything." So as I step onto the elevator of her New York City apartment building, I'm mentally reviewing what to ask for her new PEOPLE cover story — about her dating life (a topic [she's gone viral for](https://people.com/movies/drew-barrymore-reveals-her-dating-app-profile-photo-i-would-swipe-right/) more than once), her movie career (please can we have [Charlie's Angels 3](https://people.com/movies/drew-barrymore-would-do-charlies-angels-3-in-a-heartbeat-cameron-diaz-lucy-liu/)?), her legendary family, and how she got her show on such a hot streak.

Drew Barrymore gave rare insight into her sobriety journey, explaining that she previously used alcohol to “numb the pain” amid her divorce from Will ...

“One of the bravest things you can do is slay those dragons and finally change an awful cycle in which you’ve found yourself stuck,” the Golden Globe winner recalled last month. You keep thinking you will master this thing, and it’s getting the better of you,'” she continued, crediting daughters Olive, 10, and Frankie, 8, with motivating her therapy and eventual recovery. [not a person who needs sex ](https://pagesix.com/2022/10/17/drew-barrymore-doesnt-need-sex-no-relationship-since-2016/)and has to go out there and engage with people on that level,” she wrote in an [October blog post](https://www.drewbarrymoreblog.com/blog/rebels-who-love), calling Olive and Frankie her “focus.” [her dating life](https://pagesix.com/2022/12/01/drew-barrymore-is-dating-again-after-being-single-for-six-years/), saying she goes out “every once in a while” but struggles to “fit” romantic connection into her life. [experimented with celibacy](https://pagesix.com/2022/09/21/drew-barrymore-can-go-years-without-sex/) following her and Kopelman’s “confusing” divorce, in which “nothing went wrong.” [told People](https://people.com/tv/drew-barrymore-cripplingly-difficult-year-and-how-she-triumphed-cover-story/) in an interview published Tuesday that she “broke” after the “excruciating” breakup.

Drew Barrymore reveals she quit drinking after her divorce: 'It was just trying to numb the pain'. The star split from Will Kopelman in 2016.

It gave us something to believe in." You are weak and incapable of doing what's best for you. I broke." You keep thinking you will master this thing, and it's getting the better of you.'" She is currently on a high with The Drew Barrymore Show, whose ratings have reportedly shot up 70 percent and it is now the fastest-growing daytime show. MORE:

Growing up, Barrymore was treated for alcohol and drug addiction in the wake of her E.T.-era superstardom. The actress reveals in the article that this more ...

And then I probably cared so much that I was only giving to them and not taking care of myself. Growing up, Barrymore was treated for alcohol and drug addiction in the wake of her E.T.-era superstardom. "The drinking thing for me was a constant, like, 'You cannot change. "It was just trying to numb the pain and feel good — and alcohol totally did that for me," says the actress. "And I was that person. I broke."

Over the years, the actress and talk show host was able to forgive her parents, even finding and paying for hospice care for her father, John Drew Barrymore, ...

Drew Barrymore got candid about her difficulties after divorcing Will Kopelman in 2016, including turning to drinking, in an interview with People.

"I think that's why I took (the divorce) so hard," she told Geist. … I think it applies to everyone who thinks that something will be forever and it's not." "It was a messy, painful, excruciating walk through the fire and come back to life kind of trajectory," she recalled. "It was my kids that made me feel like it's game time," Barrymore told the outlet. "The cool thing is all these years later we do have the dream. "(Happiness) is a choice. You keep thinking you will master this thing, and it's getting the better of you.' " Despite being a strong person, "I broke," she said. [in an interview with People published Tuesday](https://people.com/tv/drew-barrymore-cripplingly-difficult-year-and-how-she-triumphed-cover-story/) that she felt defeated after divorce because of her dreams of having a close-knit family with their daughters Olive, 10, and Frankie, 8. Barrymore eventually came to the conclusion that she still has a family unit with Kopelman and now his wife, Alexandra Michler. "It was just trying to numb the pain and feel good—and alcohol totally did that for me," the talk show host said. The actress moved from California to New York to be closer to her ex-husband's family.

In fact a couple of months ago she revealed that she had not been in an 'intimate relationship' since 2016, the year she split from her third and latest ...

And since entering life as a single mom, I have not been able to have an intimate relationship.' 'I know that does not include a man nor has it for a while.' excitement, pleasure, hedonism, fun and adventure' and saw sex as a way to get it. She revealed however that 'every once in a while, I'll go on a date because it's a very human, natural thing to do. I'm not in that place anymore that's just looking to hook up. That in itself will make you not want to date.'

The actor split from her third husband, Will Kopelman, with whom she shares two children.

The actor split from her third husband, Will Kopelman, with whom she shares two children.

“Nothing went wrong, which is cleaner, but makes it harder and more confusing because there isn’t The Thing to point to,” the actor said in the article, published on Tuesday. It’s just different than the one I swore would be the case,” she said. I do not judge! “Some people can get out of a marriage or relationship and in the near future find themselves in another relationship,” Drew wrote in a blog post in October. She has since quit once again. Drew shared that the years after her third divorce were “cripplingly difficult” for her, and that she felt “broken.” The actor was previously married to club owner Jeremy Thomas and comedian Tom Green.

Here are the most bizarre (and fun) moments from 'The Drew Barrymore Show' in 2022.

[Emily in Paris ](https://decider.com/show/emily-in-paris/)star Lucien Laviscount, who casually dropped that he was living his childhood fantasy just by sitting across from the [Charlie’s Angels](https://decider.com/movie/charlies-angels/) actress. [The Drew Barrymore Show ](https://decider.com/show/the-drew-barrymore-show/)— and the currently-airing third season in particular. the Extra-Terrestrial](https://decider.com/movie/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial/) reunion and George Clooney playing Drew’s therapist? In a recent episode, the talk show host, who has been outspoken about her lackluster sex life, And as someone who has had her fair share of cooking blunders, I’d like to thank Drew Barrymore for the representation us folk desperately need. [Drew Barrymore](https://decider.com/tag/drew-barrymore/) fan, I went and got a job that required me to spend every morning watching her daytime talk show — which has been an absolute treat to the start of my everyday life.

"There was no scandal," Drew explained of her and Will's breakup. "Nothing went wrong, which is cleaner, but makes it harder and more confusing because there ...

When it comes to dating nowadays, Drew said "Every once in a while, I'll go on a date because it's a very human, natural thing to do. It gave us something to believe in." Despite the years following her split being "cripplingly difficult," Drew said that working on her eponymous show and focusing on her kids helped ground her.