Drew Barrymore reveals why rehab at 14 was the…
Drew Barrymore is wanting back on being a wayward teen.
The “50 First Dates” star opened up about getting into rehab at just 14 while speaking with Mae Martin during “The Drew Barrymore Show” on Friday.
Martin, who makes use of they/them pronouns, not too long ago launched the new Netflix sequence “Wayward,” which also stars Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sidney Topliffe and Toni Collette.
Drew Barrymore during the Night of Too Many Stars in New York City on March 31, 2025. Getty Images for Night of Too Many Stars
Mae Martin during the premiere of “Wayward” at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2025. Michael Hurcomb/Shutterstock
The thriller facilities around two mates attending an academy for troubled teenagers, and Martin revealed that the story was loosely impressed by a real-life buddy “sent to one of these troubled teen institutes” for two years.
“I also was someone who got taken away and put in a place for two years,” Barrymore, 50, shared relating to her 18-month stint Van Nuys Psychiatric Hospital in the mid-Eighties.
“I did not know that,” Martin, 38, responded. “I mean, I know that you were a wayward teen – as was I, and I was in rehab and stuff – but I didn’t know that you were at one of those places.”
Barrymore attends the CBS Fest at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, on May 7, 2025. FilmMagic
Martin in their new Netflix thriller sequence “Wayward.” ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection
After bonding over their shared expertise, the “Never Been Kissed” star praised Martin for completely depicting what it’s like inside a rehabilitation facility for “Wayward.”
“I didn’t know that about you, but watching the show, there was way too much accuracy,” she shared. “It was too real for me in that element where I knew there was no way you weren’t telling an authentic perspective.”
Barrymore went on to warn her viewers that if they haven’t skilled a “breakdown” like her and Martin yet, they’d better watch out because one is most probably sure to come sooner or later.
Barrymore during a occasion in Beverly Hills, California, on June 29, 1989. WireImage
“A lot of people who have not had that experience or that track – by the way, watch out, something’s coming because none of us escape breakdowns or rebirths or the excruciation of what it takes to get to that,” she cautioned. “It’s coming sometime at some time in some form.”
Meanwhile, the former baby star admitted that she suffered another troublesome decade shortly after turning 40, one thing she beforehand revealed during her fashionable daytime discuss show.
“Oh, no, I found another one at 40, which was interesting,” she shared. “Yeah, I thought, ‘Oh, 14, this is rock bottom.’ Turns out I hit it at 40 as well.”
Barrymore at the premiere of “See You in the Morning” at Lorimar Studios in Culver City, California, on April 17, 1989. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
But despite the trauma of her teen years and 40s, the “Wedding Singer” star still managed to get herself back on the straight and slender.
“We pull ourselves up, hopefully, and we find people that encourage us to tell the truth and to finally have the opposite of shame, which is what comes with any type of erratic behavior or society telling you ‘that’s not appropriate at this age’ or ‘what you’re doing is out of control,’” she told Martin and her viewers.
“That is shame,” Barrymore added. “And when you live with shame, it is crippling.”
Barrymore at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood, California, on June 25, 1989. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
As for her almost two years in rehab at 14, the actress-turned-talk show host admitted she discovered “a lot of lightness in my experience in the institution” and famous that her expertise was mirrored in “Wayward.”
“I know that sounds wild, but it was encouragement to say your truths, to be brave, to find humor and heroism in your journey,” she said. “And it’s the best thing that ever happened to me, honestly.”
(*14*) Barrymore concluded. “It was hard as hell, and I found that the tone that you brought to the show was true to a life experience when you gotta be broken and get fixed.”
Barrymore outdoors “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in New York City on Sept. 4, 2025. GC Images
Barrymore first revealed that her mom despatched her to rehab for drug and alcohol dependancy as a teenager during an interview with The Guardian in 2015. Shortly after being launched, she was emancipated from her dad and mom.
The “Scream” star opened up about her expertise at Van Nuys Psychiatric Hospital more not too long ago in a 2023 weblog post.
Barrymore first revealed that she entered rehab for drug and alcohol dependancy as a teenager during an interview in 2015. drewbarrymore/Instagram
“I lived a boundaryless life and job,” Barrymore, who was only 7 when she turned well-known for “E.T.” in 1982, explained.
“And this place, as hellacious as it was, it was exactly what I needed from the too much excess my life had become on the outside,” she added.
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