Drew Barrymore has been quietly dealing with insecurities about her body, and the trauma she endured visibly moved her in a recent discussion.
In the recent episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the 51-year-old American actress and producer opened up about living with body insecurities for years after embracing motherhood.
For those who don’t know, Barrymore, who tied the knot with Will Kopelman in June 2012, welcomed her first child, a daughter, Olive Barrymore Kopelman, in September 2012, while their second child, a daughter, Frankie Barrymore Kopelman, arrived in April 2014.
Two years after the birth of their second child, the couple annulled their marriage in August 2016; however, they have an amicable co-parenting relationship.
Barrymore told her audience that since becoming a mother, she has been afraid of wearing “tight-fitting clothes” due to body image issues.
She said: “The other day I was walking down the street – and I’ve had two C-sections and I’m so devastated that I’m permanently… I can’t wear many different types of trousers.”
Once again, she couldn’t suppress negative thoughts about her physical appearance when she walked around in a shorter shirt and couldn’t keep her jacket closed. “And I walked around and I was [thinking]I don’t want anyone to see this.”
The Charlie’s angels The star struggled to hold back tears as she made the revelation, prompting her guest Dawn Benwood to come on stage to comfort her.
Benwood told her, “When I heard your story, I thought of how I felt two days ago walking down the street with my daughter on Sunday.”
“I totally understand. And I have to tell you, I look at you and all I see is just your beautiful hard work – I only know that because you told us, otherwise I wouldn’t know – and you look so beautiful,” she assured Barrymore.
It is pertinent to mention that despite her issues with self-consciousness, Drew Barrymore is pushing herself beyond her limits and her upcoming black comedy film Result is proof of it.
The film, set for release April 10, 2026, follows “Hollywood star Reef as he is forced to face his problems and atone for his past after he is threatened by bizarre video footage from his past,” according to the synopsis.
Notably, along with Barrymore, the film stars Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese, Cameron Diaz, Jonah Hill, Susan Lucci and others.
