Drew Barrymore says she 'never' wished her mom ‘was dead,' clarifies comments

Drew Barrymore is taking a break from social media this summer. «I want to thank everyone for making this feed such a loving place,» host wrote to her fans on Instagram Tuesday. «A safe space like on the show. It’s just very humorous and kind.

Hollywood stars are not exempt from having troubled relationships with their mothers. Drew Barrymore recently clarified comments that she "never" has wished her mother was dead.The pair has had a turbulent relationship for decades with Barrymore, 48, becoming emancipated from her mother at the age of 14 to strike out and live on her own. On the other hand, "iCarly" star Jennette McCurdy titled her 2020 memoir, "I'm Glad my Mom Died." Matthew McConaughey and his mother, Kelly, sat down for an episode of Jada Pinkett-Smith’s "Red Table Talk" in 2021 to dish on their eight-year estrangement.  Here's a look at some celebrities who have made their feuds with their mothers public over the years.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Brooke Shields came up in a different time. The model and actress has been working since infancy, and when she shot to superstardom in the ’70s and ’80s, she became a lucrative commodity whose own opinion was rarely heard, but became the focus of many other people’s opinions. This is all explored in her two-part documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” which hails from ABC News Studios and launched on Hulu earlier this year. Produced by Ali Wentworth, George Stephanopoulos and director Lana Wilson (Taylor Swift’s “Miss Americana”), the doc that received rave reviews out of its premiere at Sundance uses Shields’ story of being sexualized as a child to paint a bigger picture of the treatment of women in society.

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told Vulture that Spielberg, 76, is “the only person in my life to this day that ever was a parental figure.”After Spielberg told a 7-year-old Barrymore that he couldn’t be her real father, he agreed to be her godfather. The Oscar-winning filmmaker recalled feeling “helpless” over her troubled life at home while they were filming the 1982 movie.“She was staying up way past her bedtime, going to places she should have only been hearing about, and living a life at a very tender age that I think robbed her of her childhood,” he told Vulture. “Yet I felt very helpless because I wasn’t her dad.

Drew Barrymore and Steven Spielberg have a special bond and it all stems from their time filming E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

health was a mystery for some time. In April 2022, he took a leave of absence from his Seattle-based radio show due to an illness. By summer of that year, he lost his ability to speak clearly or walk unassisted, as he needed a cane for movement."I'd seen my dad have a stroke, and it was the same thing," he shared on "Good Morning America" at the time.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Steven Spielberg has always been a father figure to Drew Barrymore, but he actually said no when Barrymore asked him to be her real father during the making of their 1982 classic “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Barrymore was only 7 years old at the time. In a new Barrymore profile published by Vulture, Barrymore praised Spielberg as “the only person in my life to this day that ever was a parental figure.” He eventually agreed to be her godfather. Barrymore’s own father, the actor John Drew Barrymore, was an abusive alcoholic. “Talk about someone who was not a careerist,” Barrymore said. “He was like, ‘I will burn this fucking dynasty to the ground.’”

Drew Barrymore maintained she "never" said she wished her mother, Jaid Barrymore, was "dead," and the actress has accused the media of twisting her words."I have been vulnerable and tried to figure out a very difficult, painful relationship while admitting it is difficult to do while a parent is alive. And, for those of us who have to figure that out in real time cannot wait, as in they cannot wait for the time, not that the parent is dead," Drew said in a passionate Instagram message. "Don't twist my words around or ever say that I wish my mother was dead.

Drew Barrymore isn’t holding back her feelings.

Drew Barrymore is ready to live in a world without her mother. Yeah, that has to be the most brutally honest, shocking thing we’ve ever heard Drew — and maybe any celeb — say!

Drew Barrymore has released a new video in which she addressed tabloid claims that she wishes her mother Jaid Barrymore was dead.

Drew Barrymore doesn't have the energy for all the theatrics and tumultuousness of love and dating.The actress and daytime talk show host recently sat down for a conversation with, for its annual TV Issue, and opened up about her reluctance to explore new relationships.Speaking about being single — in juxtaposition to a career filled with romantic comedy roles — Barrymore says, «I spent a lot of my life loving romance and drama and all of that. I just burnt myself out on it.»«I genuinely am tired and exhausted,» shares Barrymore, who has been married three times, most recently to art consultant Will Kopelman. The pair was married in 2012 but wound up getting divorced in 2016 after welcoming two children -- Olive, 10, and Frankie, 9.Barrymore explains in her interview that she's been working with a therapist for several years and she's «curious to examine why I’m not open to a relationship.»«I really think I have some serious s**t buried,» Barrymore says.

Wow. As surprised as we were at what Drew Barrymore said in her latest interview, we’re even more taken aback by her response to the coverage!

Over it! Drew Barrymore doesn’t have the energy for all the theatrics and tumultuousness of love and dating.

Drew Barrymore opened up about her relationship with her estranged mother, Jaid Barrymore, during a new interview. Barrymore, 48, became emancipated from her mother at the age of 14 and struck out to live on her own.The actress previously told Jeannette McCurdy, who titled her own memoir "I'm Glad my Mom Died," she couldn't speak all of her truths because "certain people are alive." The actress said she doesn't have the luxury of her mother being gone in the same way as McCurdy and Brooke Shields, whom she's also interviewed. "All their moms are gone, and my mom’s not," Barrymore told Vulture.

Drew Barrymore is setting the record straight about her complicated relationship with her mother. The actress and TV host took to Instagram following a new profile with , and passionately clarified her comments about her mother, Jaid, and where they stand now, decades after she won emancipation from her and father, John Drew Barrymore, at 14 years old.«You know what, to all you tabloids out there, you have been f**king with my life since I was 13 years old,» Drew said in a video shared to Instagram Monday. «I have never said that I wished my mother was dead.

on But after tabloids published headlines claiming the former child star wished her mother dead, Barrymore's viral response video was more Firestarter than  Like many child stars, , from whom she was legally emancipated at age 14. In a June 5 interview with , the actor spoke candidly about how her peers have had an easier time moving forward in life after their mothers died. “All their moms are gone, and my mom’s not,” she said.

posted to her Instagram account.“I have been vulnerable and tried to figure out a very difficult, painful relationship while admitting it is difficult to do while a parent is alive, and that, for those of us that have to figure this out in real time, ‘cannot wait,’ as in they cannot wait for the time that the parent is dead,” Barrymore elaborated.“Do not twist my words around or ever say that I wished my mother was dead. I have never said that, I never would, and in fact, I go on to say that I wish that I never have to live an existence where I would wish that on someone.

Looking after her kids. Brooke Shields got candid about her initial reaction to her 17-year-old daughter Grier’s interest in modeling.