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Drew Barrymore STEPS DOWN arsenic Host of 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Drew Barrymore is mounting the grounds consecutive connected a household matter.
The actress clarified what she meant during a caller Vulture interview, aft media outlets took her quotes to mean that she wished her mother, Jaid Barrymore, was dead. "All their moms are gone, and my mom's not," she told the outlet. "And I'm like, Well, I don't person that luxury. But I cannot wait. I don't privation to unrecorded successful a authorities wherever I privation idiosyncratic to beryllium gone sooner than they're meant to beryllium truthful I tin grow."
Barrymore past posted a video connection connected Instagram June 5 to close the narrative: "To each you tabloids retired there, you person been f--king with my beingness since I was 13 years old. I person ne'er said that I privation my parent was dead. How situation you enactment those words successful my mouth."
She continued, "I person been susceptible and tried to fig retired a precise difficult, achy relationship, portion admitting it is hard to bash portion a genitor is alive."
The 48-year-old—who was emancipated astatine property 14 and has previously spoken astir being estranged from her mother—went connected to explain what she meant successful her archetypal interview.
"For those of america who person to fig that retired successful existent time, [we] cannot wait. As in, they cannot hold for the time, not that the genitor is dead," she said successful her video. "Don't twist my words astir oregon ever accidental that I privation my parent was dead. I person ne'er said that. I ne'er would."
Barrymore added, "In fact, I spell connected to accidental that I privation that I ne'er person to unrecorded successful beingness wherever I would privation that connected someone. Because that is sick."
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In her archetypal interview, she besides said she wanted her mom "to beryllium blessed and thrive and beryllium healthy," adding, "But I person to f--king turn successful spite of her being connected this planet."
An hr after opening up astir the mother-daughter dynamic during the interview, Barrymore expressed regret. "I dared to accidental it, and I didn't consciousness good," she told Vulture. "I bash care. I'll ne'er not care. I don't cognize if I've ever known however to afloat guard, adjacent off, not feel, physique the partition up."
Vulture past reported that, a fewer weeks aft the interview, Barrymore texted the newsman an update astir their relationship.
"I texted my ma for her birthday
and she told maine she loved me
and she was arrogant of me.
I don't attraction however aged you get
Or however large your ngo is
When your ma tells you
she loves you
You revert backmost to small
And the information that she loves
me with my truth
And my honesty
Is the champion clip I person ever
heard her accidental it."
E! News has reached retired to Jaid Barrymore for remark but hasn't heard back.
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