Drew Barrymore Recalls Being In A 'Psychiatric Ward' At 13, Says She Was So Angry She 'Couldn't See Straight'
Drew Barrymore recently opened up about her tumultuous teen years and her relationship with her mom Jaid Barrymore, who wanted to be her friend instead of her mother
Drew
Barrymore
recently
opened
up
about
her
tumultuous
teen
years
and
her
relationship
with
her
mom
Jaid
Barrymore,
who
wanted
to
be
her
friend
instead
of
her
mother.
Drew
who
was
a
child
actor,
said
she
was
so
angry
that
she
'couldn't
see
straight'.
During
her
virtual
interview
on
Howard
Stern's
SiriusXM
show,
Drew
shared
that
she
was
a
wild
child
with
"too
many
resources".
She
would
go
to
clubs
instead
of
school
and
was
eventually
placed
in
a
psychiatric
ward
for
18
months.
"I
was
going
to
clubs
and
not
going
to
school
and
stealing
my
mom's
car
and,
you
know,
I
was
out
of
control.
So,
you
know,
sometimes
it
was
as
humorous
as
that
and
sometimes
I
was
just
so
angry
that
I
would
go
off
and
then
I'd
get
thrown
in
the
thing," she
said.
Drew
explained
that
"the
thing"
was
a
"full
psychiatric
ward",
unlike
a
typical
Hollywood
cushy
rehab
experience.
"I
used
to
laugh
at
those
like
Malibu
30-day
places.
Malibu
was
sort
of
the
opposite
of
the
experience
I
had.
You
couldn't
mess
around
in
there
and
if
you
did,
you
would
get
thrown
either
in
a
padded
room
or
get
put
in
stretcher
restraints,
and
tied
up," she
added.
Barrymore
said
that
she
couldn't
understand
why
she
was
being
punished
so
severely.
It
was
through
soul
searching
and
therapy
that
she
has
forgiven
her
mother.
Recalling
how
she
came
to
terms
with
the
situation,
Drew
said
it
took
her
over
six
to
eight
months.
"The
first
six
to
eight
months
I
was
just
so
angry.
I
couldn't
see
straight."
"I
asked
myself
like
why
is
this
happening.
And
I
thought,
maybe
you
need
the
craziest
form
of
structure
because
everything
was
so
accessible
available
and
screwed
up
in
your
world
that
maybe
it's
going
to
take
something
like
this
for
you
to
kick
start
the
rest
of
your
life,"
she
said.
Drew
revealed
that
she
didn't
want
to
live
in
pain
anymore
and
has
been
on
good
terms
with
her
mother.
On
the
work
front,
Drew
was
recently
seen
in
the
2020
comedy
film,
The
Stand
In.