Actor Drew Barrymore has been married and divorced three times, but had no children until her third marriage. And she said she idealized this union in hopes of giving her daughters the childhood she thought she had missed as a young actress. the loss of her dream family apparently changed her outlook on dating once she found herself single.
Barrymore confessed she had no idea how to date since she had her daughters. But seeing their father remarry happily helped her grow to take more serious risks in a new romance.
Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman divorced after 4 years of marriage
Barrymore married her third husband, Will Kopelman, in 2012 and they have two daughters, Olive and Frankie. According to People, Barrymore sprung to become a parent to him.
“Honestly, I don’t know what it’s like for other couples, but I really love seeing him being a dad,” she said. “I know everyone says you’re supposed to put your couple first. But I really like that it’s all about the kids.
She guessed that she could have “compensated for not having parents…or childhood.”
They divorced in 2016, and Barrymore said she had to reassess her life in every way after the split, which she called her worst nightmare. Apparently the least of his concerns was dating a single mother when the time came.
Drew Barrymore doesn’t ‘know how to navigate’ dating anymore
In an interview with ET, Barrymore opened up about her dating life from 2022. She is now co-parenting Kopelman and the hosts. The Drew Barrymore Show.
As Frankie and Olive have aged, and now that Kopelman is “happily” remarried, Barrymore said: “Times are changing and, you know, we’re blossoming, and I’m more open to [dating] now.”
She admitted she was “a little rusty” and added, “I never even considered dating, let alone a relationship as a single mom who ultimately invested in me.”
“I realized that a big part of my journey has been that I’m just for me, she explained. I’m a mother and I don’t know how to date children. It hasn’t been my priority and I don’t really know how to go about it.”
According to her, she has always been about “relationships and [her] children and everyone else.
She said, “I don’t think I’ve ever had such a complete relationship with a person as an individual entity.”
Drew Barrymore loves dating now but doesn’t often
Barrymore admitted to ET that she “loves” dating now even though she doesn’t do it “very often,” and most things haven’t gone so well. “I think I average, like, one or two dates a year,” she guessed, “which seems constant in a busy life.
“Most of them haven’t been that great, but to me they’re like funny stories and I never want people to get cynical,” she shared. She also gave a little advice to others. she said, “and you have to do it for yourself.”
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