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The Real Reason Drew Barrymore Hasn't Been 'In An Intimate Relationship In Years'

After taking a break from films, Drew Barrymore moved directly to hosting her own show, The Drew Barrymore Show. As a result, the mother of two briefly turned into an internet favorite.But recently, the 47-year-old actress drew flak over her remark about "not needing love" as the reason for her being unmarried these kinds of years. Here's what she really intended by way of that.RELATED: Drew Barrymore And Every Other Daytime Talk Show Host Who Has Made A Crazy Amount Of Money

Why Drew Barrymore Hasn't Been In An 'Intimate' Relationship For Years

On October 16, 2022, Barrymore printed a non-public essay on her web page titled Rebels Who Love. There, she opened up about her love existence. "Since entering life as a single mom, I have not been able to have an intimate relationship," she wrote.

"I am just in a completely different place in my life and maybe in the near future I will get into a relationship… but it simply hasn’t been my priority." She added that she's not the sort "who needs to have romance and go out there."

"A relationship with a man has not been top of mind for me for a very long time. Some people can get out of a marriage or relationship and in the near future find themselves in another relationship."

She noted that "there is nothing wrong with that! Not one bit. I do not judge! I celebrate their journey! Because for some people that really works. It didn't work for me."

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Inside Drew Barrymore's Relationships With Her Ex-Husbands

The 50 First Dates star maintains a good co-parenting relationship with her third ex-husband, Will Kopelman. She mentioned they agreed to have a "united and connected" circle of relatives after their cut up. "That [getting divorced] was the last thing I wanted to do for my daughters," she said. "His family and I sort of made the most important choice: to be so together and united and connected."

Nearly two decades after their cut up, Barrymore invited her second ex-husband, Tom Green to her talk show in October 2021. "We have not seen each other face-to-face, actually, in almost 20 years," she instructed the audience before welcoming and hugging her guest. During the interview, Green described their reunion as "an out-of-body experience." They each idea it was "weird" however "in a good way."

​​​​​​"It's very nice to see you. It does feel weird, though," Green instructed the Scream star. "Not weird in a bad way — weird in a good way. Appreciate it, Drew, so thanks for having me on the show. It's awesome. This is cool. I actually think this is a nice way of reconnecting, actually. It takes a little bit of the pressure off." Barrymore answered: "Well, I respect and love you," to which Green mentioned, "Love you, too."

As for the host's first husband, Jeremy Thomas, they only had a vast age difference and have been married too quickly (only after six weeks of seeing every other). She used to be 19, he used to be 31. Talking about the reason they split, Thomas recounted: "I got a phone call from her — in Hawaii! She'd gone off on our honeymoon without me."

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Drew Barrymore Took A Break From Movies To Focus On Her Kids

Speaking to The Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard in September 2021, Barrymore published how having youngsters changed her life. "I wished anything was a catalyst for me to be my best self, [but] nothing was until I met my kids," she defined.

"I could be a highly functioning woman at work. I was a woman in the boardroom and a child in the bedroom — and I didn’t care. I would drive with people intoxicated on Mulholland [Drive]. How I didn't go over that side and I'm dead, I don’t know."

She then decided to take a smash from performing to change into the absolute best guardian she may well be. "You wake up before your kids do and you get home after," she said of the lengthy hours in shooting movies. It made her notice: "I didn't want to be anyone else. I didn't want to pretend to be someone else. I didn't want to study someone else's life and become them. I couldn't come to grips with the fact that I didn't want to do the job I'd done my entire life anymore because all I wanted to do was be their mom."

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