But the actress-turned-television hosts most important work as a BFF to millions of adoring fans had just begun.
What did Drew tell us that didnt end up in this article?
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You are beautiful, she insisted in her signature Valleyspeak lilt.
Then she stood up and called out to the other women in the studio.
I hate that critic!
I want to love myself.
The audience stood and cheered.
And yes, you better believe it.
She has played many roles on and off the screen.
For many of us shell always be the pigtailed cutie pie Gertie in Steven Spielbergs iconic fantasy,E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrial, in 1982.
Either way, shes family.
This month, Barrymore turns 50.
But it doesnt shock or worry her in the least.
Its a superpower she covets after her third marriageto actor Will Kopelmanended in heartbreaking divorce in 2016.
This last decade, says Barrymore, with a sigh, has been ass-kicking.
Yet lately she has not only survived, but moved onward and upward.
Someone puts on a moody Gigi Perez tune.
This is my favorite song!
she cries, bouncing in her heels.
But her childhood was fragmented and her parents were often neglectful.
Her dadan addict who died in 2004was mostly absent.
I think I thought I was a bad girl, she says now.
That was fun for a while, she muses, then I was like, OK, now what?
