Drew Barrymore Slams Tabloids For Claiming She Said She Wishes Her Mom Was Dead: ‘Don’t Twist My Words’

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Drew Barrymore isn’t holding back her feelings. In the latest New York magazine cover story, the daytime TV host spoke candidly about her relationship with her mother, but now she is slamming publications for twisting her words. READ MORE: Drew Barrymore Thanks Taylor Swift For ‘One Of The Best Nights Of Our Lives’ At Eras Tour Show Taking to Instagram to address everyone in a video, Barrymore appeared angry at the way her words in the interview had been taken out of context by other publications. “You know what, to all you tabloids out there, you have been f**king with my life since I was 13-years-old,” she began. “I have never said that I wished my mother was dead.

How dare you put those words in my mouth. “I have been vulnerable and tried to figure out a very difficult, painful relationship while admitting it is difficult to do while a parent is alive.

And, for those of us who have to figure that out in real time cannot wait, as in they cannot wait for the time, not that the parent is dead,” Barrymore continued. “Don’t twist my words around or ever say that I wish my mother was dead.

I have never said that. I never would,” Barrymore added. “In fact, I go on to say [in the interview] that I wish I never have to live an existence where I would wish that on someone because that is sick.” In the interview with New York, the 48-year-old had explained that she is sometimes jealous of her friends and fellow former child stars who’s parents have already died. “All their moms are gone, and my mom’s not.