Drew Barrymore halts show to comfort crying audience member: ‘I am so sorry’

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told Vulture that Spielberg, 76, is “the only person in my life to this day that ever was a parental figure.”After Spielberg told a 7-year-old Barrymore that he couldn’t be her real father, he agreed to be her godfather. The Oscar-winning filmmaker recalled feeling “helpless” over her troubled life at home while they were filming the 1982 movie.“She was staying up way past her bedtime, going to places she should have only been hearing about, and living a life at a very tender age that I think robbed her of her childhood,” he told Vulture. “Yet I felt very helpless because I wasn’t her dad.

Drew Barrymore and Steven Spielberg have a special bond and it all stems from their time filming E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

health was a mystery for some time. In April 2022, he took a leave of absence from his Seattle-based radio show due to an illness. By summer of that year, he lost his ability to speak clearly or walk unassisted, as he needed a cane for movement."I'd seen my dad have a stroke, and it was the same thing," he shared on "Good Morning America" at the time.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Steven Spielberg has always been a father figure to Drew Barrymore, but he actually said no when Barrymore asked him to be her real father during the making of their 1982 classic “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Barrymore was only 7 years old at the time. In a new Barrymore profile published by Vulture, Barrymore praised Spielberg as “the only person in my life to this day that ever was a parental figure.” He eventually agreed to be her godfather. Barrymore’s own father, the actor John Drew Barrymore, was an abusive alcoholic. “Talk about someone who was not a careerist,” Barrymore said. “He was like, ‘I will burn this fucking dynasty to the ground.’”

Drew Barrymore isn’t holding back her feelings.

Drew Barrymore has released a new video in which she addressed tabloid claims that she wishes her mother Jaid Barrymore was dead.

Drew Barrymore doesn't have the energy for all the theatrics and tumultuousness of love and dating.The actress and daytime talk show host recently sat down for a conversation with, for its annual TV Issue, and opened up about her reluctance to explore new relationships.Speaking about being single — in juxtaposition to a career filled with romantic comedy roles — Barrymore says, «I spent a lot of my life loving romance and drama and all of that. I just burnt myself out on it.»«I genuinely am tired and exhausted,» shares Barrymore, who has been married three times, most recently to art consultant Will Kopelman. The pair was married in 2012 but wound up getting divorced in 2016 after welcoming two children -- Olive, 10, and Frankie, 9.Barrymore explains in her interview that she's been working with a therapist for several years and she's «curious to examine why I’m not open to a relationship.»«I really think I have some serious s**t buried,» Barrymore says.

Wow. As surprised as we were at what Drew Barrymore said in her latest interview, we’re even more taken aback by her response to the coverage!

Drew Barrymore is setting the record straight about her complicated relationship with her mother. The actress and TV host took to Instagram following a new profile with , and passionately clarified her comments about her mother, Jaid, and where they stand now, decades after she won emancipation from her and father, John Drew Barrymore, at 14 years old.«You know what, to all you tabloids out there, you have been f**king with my life since I was 13 years old,» Drew said in a video shared to Instagram Monday. «I have never said that I wished my mother was dead.

on But after tabloids published headlines claiming the former child star wished her mother dead, Barrymore's viral response video was more Firestarter than  Like many child stars, , from whom she was legally emancipated at age 14. In a June 5 interview with , the actor spoke candidly about how her peers have had an easier time moving forward in life after their mothers died. “All their moms are gone, and my mom’s not,” she said.

posted to her Instagram account.“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 that, for those of us that have to figure this out in real time, ‘cannot wait,’ as in they cannot wait for the time that the parent is dead,” Barrymore elaborated.“Do not twist my words around or ever say that I wished my mother was dead. I have never said that, I never would, and in fact, I go on to say that I wish that I never have to live an existence where I would wish that on someone.

Drew Barrymore is clarifying comments she made in a recent interview about her relationship with her estranged mother, Jaid Barrymore. "You know what, to all you tabloids out there, you have been f--king with my life since I was 13 years old," Barrymore said in an Instagram video on Monday. "I have never said that I wished my mother was dead.

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Marc Bahan announced in a Facebook post. No cause of death has been announced.A graduate of the Actors Studio in New York, Maharis got his start in acting in off-Broadway productions before getting his first television role in 1958.

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Brooke Shields celebrated 22 years of marriage to her husband, Chris Henchy, by sharing an Instagram post on Friday. The 57-year-old actress posted several photos to her account, each of which showed her spending quality time with her 59-year-old spouse. The performer, who opened up about her childhood during a recent interview with Drew Barrymore, also penned a short message to publicly express her affection for her longtime partner.