Drew Barrymore is offering complicated insight into her relationship with her mother, Jaid Barrymore. In a new Vulture profile published Monday, Barrymore, 48, said she will “never not care” about her mother, decades after she won emancipation from Jaid and her father John Drew Barrymore at 14 years old.
“All their moms are gone, and my mom’s not,” Barrymore told the outlet, in reference to her neighbors in New York City. “And I’m like, Well, I don’t have that luxury. But I cannot wait. I don’t want to live in a state where I wish someone to be gone sooner than they’re meant to be so I can grow.”
“I actually want her to be happy and thrive and be healthy,” the actress and talk show host added of her mother. Vulture reported in its story that Drew still supports Jaid financially. “But I have to f—— grow in spite of her being on this planet.
During the interview, Barrymore clarified that she was not wishing negativity on her mother. “I dared to say it, and I didn’t feel good,” she told the outlet. “I do care. I’ll never not care. I don’t know if I’ve ever known how to fully guard, close off, not feel, build the wall up. Barrymore later sent the outlet’s reporter a text regarding her relationship with Jaid, in which she wrote: “I texted my mom for her birthday and she told me she loved me and she was proud of me. I don’t care how old you get or how big your mission is.”
“When your mom tells you she loves you, you revert back to small,” she added. “And the fact that she loves me with my truth and my honesty is the best time I have ever heard her say it.”
The actress told Vulture that she texts her mother, and wrote a Mother’s Day blog post in May, in an effort to work on her relationship with Jaid. I was really excited I could tell you I’ve done some serious work and I do feel different. I forgive my mom. I forgive my dad,” she said, referencing her late father who died in 2004. “I’ve never forgiven myself, but I’d like to and I’m ready to. As Vulture noted, Barrymore has made references to her mother on The Drew Barrymore Show in recent months, most notably as she and Brooke Shields discussed both of their mom’s behaviors while managing their daughters’ careers as child actors.
Source: People
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