Drew Barrymore Reflects on Dating Challenges as a Single Mom

"Scream" actress Drew Barrymore got very emotional while talking about the challenges of dating after having been single for the last six years.

In an interview on CBS This Morning, the actress revealed that she is not yet ready to see someone again because she does not know how to introduce him to his daughters, Olive, nine years old, and Frankie, seven years old.

Barrymore was surprised when she cried in the interview, adding that she doesn't want to add pressure on herself just because she forgot how it's like to be on dates. She relayed that she's being careful around her daughters as one of the hosts reflected that she's a good mother by thinking about her girls.

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The Pandemic Made Dating Worst

The Hollywood star has been single for six years following her divorce from ex-husband Will Kopelman. He has since remarried Ali Michler, whom Barrymore described as "the most wonderful woman" who has made co-parenting the girls so "functional."

Barrymore revealed that she started dipping her foot in the dating scene again in the last two years. However, the pandemic happened, so she's left with options like having Zoom dates, which she finds pretty unromantic.

The actress said she doesn't talk about her daughters with her dates because she feels very protective of Olive and Frankie. She is in the getting-to-know-you stage of the dating phase, but she admits she wonders how the guys feel about children.

Barrymore also reflected on getting married again and told the hosts of CBS This Morning that she has no more reason to take the plunge anymore.

"I would maybe live with someone again, maybe," the actress said. "But I've had kids, and there's no way I will never, ever, ever, ever get married again."

Barrymore has been married three times to Jeremy Thomas from 1994 to 1995, Tom Green from 2001 to 2002, and Kopelman from 2012 to 2016. In October 2021, Barrymore had Green on her talk show to share stories of his road trip. The ex-couple talked about their past and said the reunion felt a bit weird but in a good way.

Reunion With "Scream" Stars

Barrymore also recently had a sweet reunion with the stars of the rebooted "Scream" movies, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell. The actress was in the very first film, released in 1994, and her scene was short but significant to the franchise.

She shared that she was in her early 20s at that time and recalled confiding in Cox about a very personal dilemma. She just started dating someone new and worried that she might be pregnant.

Barrymore felt that she was in a safe space with Cox, a very mature person. Cox recalled this encounter and said that she was the right person to ask as she was a decade older.

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