Drew Barrymore Recalls ‘Devastating’ Divorce From Ex Will Kopelman On Her Talk Show: ‘Took Me A Long Time To Recover’

Having been emancipated from her parents at just 14 years old, the E.T. star explained how her unconventional upbringing fueled her desire for a traditional family of her own.

She explained: "It's weird stuff like that. It's soup when you're sick. I remember all the kids at school would go into the office to call their parents when they were sick and I could never get a hold of anybody. And I was so jealous of those kids who would call and be like, 'Mom, Dad, come pick me up.' I just would sit there and be like, 'What's that like?'"

The Music and Lyrics actress echoed this on an episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this year, saying: "If you don't grow up in a perfect way with a perfect family, you fear the blueprint and you go, 'I want to do things differently.'"

What Else Has Drew Barrymore Said About Her Divorce?

Back in 2022, the Blended star shared how the divorce had affected her family in a candid interview with AARP The Magazine, calling it a "heavy" and "painful" time of her life. She confessed at the time: "My dream family was falling apart and I didn't know how to put one foot in front of the other."

"I had grown up so fast but now I didn't know what age to feel – I just knew that my life was heavy, and painful and sad – and I sat in that for a while," she added.