Drew Barrymore went back in time and visited the place where she was kept when she was just 13 years old
With an emotional journey into the past, Drew Barrymore in her new show, named after the famous actress, remembered, but also visited the house where she grew up, the first apartment where she lived, but also the institution where she was placed at one point.
Today, 46-year-old Drew Barrymore, who is still remembered by many as the star of the film 'ET', could not hold back her tears when she visited the institution to which she was sent at just 13 and where she spent the next year and a half of her life.
‘I was a wild child, no one could control me, nor did anyone know what to do with me,’ are the words uttered by the American actress in her own show The Drew Barrymore Show, which premiered on September 13th.
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The Hollywood star, who gained her fame at an early age, when she got a role in the blockbuster ‘ET’, took viewers to the home where she spent her first years of life and where she felt extremely lonely, and then they went to the first apartment where she lived, favorite bookstores, but also dry-cleaner's. She ended her Los Angeles tour at an institution she was forced to enter as a teenager.
‘My mom called a friend because her daughter was out of control and they brought me here in the middle of the night. They escorted me and closed two doors behind me, after which there was no going back. I spent a year and a half there, 'Drew recalled, sobbing.
The fame that Hollywood brought her was disastrous for her and even as a minor she started getting drunk, but also consuming various drugs, and before she was hospitalized, she even tried to harm herself.
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'I screamed and threw myself, but it didn't help. At one moment I was at film premieres and dancing at night parties, and at the other, I was locked in an institution from which you can't get out, 'said Barrymore, adding that at first she did not voluntarily agree to get help for her addiction, but today she is aware that such a move by her mother was necessary to make her sober.
'I can't even believe I'm here today, because while I was locked up here, I never dreamed of such a thing. I thought I would stay there forever. I didn’t think I could ever succeed and be happy in life. Maybe I wouldn't be alive if it hadn't been for this place, so it was important for me to come here today and remember everything, ' Drew admitted.
Watch the emotional episode here.
By: Sarah R.
