Drew Barrymore She has a sense of humor about her past struggles with addiction.
during Us WeeklyAn exclusive sneak peek at the Sunday, January 19, episode of Hollywood SquaresBarrymore (49 years old) was asked who Tom Conti Played in 2023 Oppenheimer.
“Punky Brewster,” she joked. “By the way, I was on the set of that show, of course. Oh, yeah, Soleil Moon Frye and I used to kick it!”
Barrymore's colleague on the committee Whitney Cummings Then he asked if Punky Brewster The family visit was during the “cocaine days.” (The sitcom aired for four seasons between 1984 and 1988.)
“Actually, that was before,” Barrymore explained. “I was with Punky and then I got brave.”
Barrymore, The famous center square In the rebooted game show, he's been a Hollywood mainstay since childhood after turning scene-stealing Steven Spielberg's at At the age of 13, Barrymore entered rehab for the first time after experimenting with drugs and alcohol. she He was sober Since 2019.
“I've had a 'bad girl' story on my back my whole life. I thought I deserved bad things. Now I'm raising two daughters. I can't do this to myself anymore,” Barrymore said. He said exclusively Us Weekly In February 2024. “It's kind of like drinking alcohol – I take things one by one, and I'm like, ‘I can't hold you anymore.’ You're no good for me.”
Barrymore shares daughters Olive, 12, and Frankie, 10, with her ex-husband Will Kopelman He has since been candid about what it's like to be a mother It changed her overall perspective.
“The personal part of me has been the ultimate work in progress. The professional in me feels really brave and never entitled. I'm always so lucky and grateful,” she revealed. we last year. “I lost it all. I got it back. I lost it again. I got it again. So I don't assume anything will stay. I know I don't take anything for granted. No matter how hard times I went through professionally, I believed That I can rewrite things. Then in my personal life, I'm such a broken person that I can't believe I'm alive sometimes and this is the first time in my life, in 49 years, that the personal and the professional have complemented each other It is our greatest asset We have it, it allows things to improve, to transform, and for light to enter the dark space.
Currently, Barrymore is appearing Hollywood Squares And her name The drew barrymore show, respectively.
Special episode of Hollywood Squares It airs on CBS on Sunday, January 19, after the AFC primetime football game. Subsequent episodes will air Wednesdays at 10 PM ET.
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