Drew Barrymore is opening up about intimacy. The 47-year-old actress and talk show host is elaborating on her recent comments about having no trouble abstaining from sex «for years» in a new blog post, getting candid about why she hasn't been intimate sinceher 2016 split from ex-husband Will Kopelman and the immense responsibility she feels as the mother of two daughters.
Responding to a fan's remark that Barrymore «hates sex,» the talk show host clarified her feelings on the topic. «I have very different feelings about intimacy than I did growing up,» she writes. «I did not have role model parents and I engaged with people in grown up ways since a tender age!
I was looking for companionship! Validation! Excitement! Pleasure! Hedonism! Fun! And adventures!!! Now, because I can't get in the time machine and change my history, so I now choose to look at it through a positive lens, which is that I have lived!
I lived a very rich, full life. However, after two kids and a separation from their father that has made me cautious, I have had the pleasure of shifting my focus when it comes to love for myself and my two daughters.» Barrymore is a mom to 10-year-old Olive and 8-year-old Frankie, whom she shares with Kopelman.
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