Drew Barrymore and Ariana Grande cry over ‘dark and ugly’ side of Hollywood: ‘Boundaries will save your life’

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The Drew Barrymore Show” Wednesday.The exchange started when Grande, 31, interrupted Barrymore’s praise for “Wicked” to honor the actress-turned-talk show host, 49.“I admire you so much because I know how hard you do work to learn and to take care of yourself and to grow,” the singer told Barrymore. “And I know how young you started.

And I don’t know too much about what your relationship has been to this industry the whole time, but I do know what you have shared publicly about it and I just have to say it can be ugly sometimes and your strength and your heart and who you are, the light that you bring, and your ability to dance in the rain and preserve that childlike wonder is such a gift.”When Grande’s voice began to crack, the “Charlie’s Angels” star leaned in to embrace her — but Ariana kept singing Barrymore’s praises.“I know that that does take a lot of hard work to come home to little Drew and embrace her and to get there and do that.

It gets hard,” she continued. “And I just wanted to say that because I admire you so much — not only because of your brilliant work but because of the light that you bring and how happy you make people.

Because that’s really the most important thing.”Tears began to well in Barrymore’s eyes as she returned the love.“That means so much to me coming from you.