Drew Barrymore has 'stayed celibate' for six years after divorce 'shifted her focus'

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"I know that [focus] does not include a man nor has it for a while."Drew lamented that she felt she didn't have "role model parents" and that she had wished she'd been taught by them in her youth how to be a "classy woman".The acting legend continued that she had been searching her whole life for a way to be "a calm woman and not a bombastic party girl".She recalled earlier that actor Andrew Garfield had sworn off sex for six months in a bid to relate to his role in the Martin Scorsese movie Silence, where he channels a Catholic priest.However, for Drew, that's a transition she's made in her real life - and for a lot longer."[My therapist] said, 'Sex is not love!

It is the expression of love,'" she explained."I have searched my whole life to have words like that to help me understand the difference and now, thanks to him, I do."Now Drew's top priority is raising her children to be empowered women, and she says that while the future may well hold a relationship for her, she's in no hurry to get back into the dating pool.Drew attended Britney Spears' wedding to personal trainer Sam Asghari back in June, and praised her "fairytale" ending on Instagram, despite saying that she'll "never" tie the knot with a man again.She wrote on Instagram of the wedding at the time: " What I learned from [my film] Ever After is that we must rescue ourselves and yet still want the fairy tale.

And that’s exactly what Britney did!"She added that she "couldn't be happier for her intrepid journey".Similarly, Drew has explained that she makes no judgment of others who get into a new relationship quickly after a painful break-up, but that it's not what she wants for herself.Her last relationship was with art consultant Will Kopelman, with whom she.