Drew Barrymore admitted on her talk show that she hasn't 'fully recovered' from her and ex-husband Will Kopelman's 2016 divorce: 'It destroyed me.'

According to the Scream actress, she felt like everything she knew in her personal life was ending. She had monumental whiplash after things were finalized that made her question everything, but she was able to pull herself out of it because of her children, as she explained to the AARP:

Drew Barrymore is getting candid about her reason for taking a step back from acting. The actress, 49, who now hosts her daytime talk show The Drew Barrymore Show, opened up about balancing Hollywood and parenthood in AARP The Magazine‘s February/March 2025 cover story.

Steven Ferdman/Getty Images Drew Barrymore is looking back on her divorce from ex Will Kopelman. The Charlie’s Angels star, 49, said she put her acting career on hold to focus on her two daughters, Olive,

Drew Barrymore is getting candid about her divorce from Will Kopelman . In a cover story for AARP The Magazine 's February/March 2025 issue, Barrymore, 49, opened up about how she navigated her spit from Kopelman in 2016, following four years of marriage .