Drew Barrymore Breaks Down During Emotional Conversation With Pamela Anderson About Motherhood
usmagazine.comOne thing that doesn’t come in the guidebook to fame is how to deal with the struggles of raising kids in the public eye, and that’s something Drew Barrymore and Pamela Anderson know all too well.Barrymore, 47, was on the verge of tears during an emotional interview with the Baywatch alum, 55, on the Monday, February 13, episode of The Drew Barrymore Show after Anderson recounted the drastic measures she took to ensure her and ex-husband Tommy Lee’s kids’, Brandon, 26, and Dylan Lee, 25, safety growing up.“My kids didn’t know they had a security guard at school,” Pamela — whose new book Love, Pamela: A Memoir of Prose, Poetry, and Truth is out now — told the daytime host. “I hired someone to be an assistant PE instructor just to be there ‘cause people were trying to take them off the schoolyard.
I had to find clever ways to kind of make them feel everything was normal, but I needed to know eyes were on them and not, you know, I was not going to take that chance.”As a mother-of-two herself — sharing daughters Olive, 10, and Frankie, 8, with ex-husband Will Kopelman — Barrymore said she can easily relate to the actress’ struggles. “I so understand.
I get it,” she stated while choking up. “Don’t f–k with my kids. This is not OK. They didn’t sign up for this.”Both stars have been in limelight from an early age.
Barrymore made her big break in 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, while Anderson skyrocketed to fame thanks to her role as C.J.
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