Drew Barrymore Revealed Why She's Taking A Break From Acting

    "I don't want to be on a film set right now."

    by Joyann Jeffrey

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Drew Barrymore is taking a break from acting. She revealed whether or not she plans to return to the profession during an interview with Andy Cohen.

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    "If I'm being honest, the answer is no," she said on Radio Andy. "I don't want to be on a film set right now, but that could change when my kids are older."

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    The Drew Barrymore Show host explained that becoming a mom changed everything for her.

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    "I stopped doing these when my kids were born because I've done it since I was in diapers at 11 months old when I started," she said.

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    Barrymore's most well-known recent acting work was on Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet, which ran from 2017 to 2019. She said the series “saved” her.

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    "It was just perfect and it was comedy and it was delicious and it was fun and it was irreverent and I couldn't have loved it more,” the mom of two explained. “And it really saved me."

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    "I had gained a lot of weight. I had lost my way. I was going through a really difficult divorce in that it just was the worst thing and everything I didn't want to happen,” Barrymore continued. “And that's what made it difficult."

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    "And that show was the greatest thing that could have ever happened to me," she added.

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    When Barrymore is ready, she’ll make her big return to the big screen. For now, she’s enjoying her time as a talk show host.

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