The “Charlie’s Angels” star said she drank so excessively after her divorce from Will Kopelman that she sought professional help from therapist Barry Michels.
That is until he eventually quit on her.
Barrymore, 48, began to spiral, and some of her closest pals — including actress Cameron Diaz — called the situation “difficult to watch.” The “50 First Dates” actress said that even though her friends and her therapist called her out on the excessive drinking, it wasn’t until 2019 that she was finally able to reel it in.“I think the opportunity at a show like this really hit me,” she said, revealing she decided to stop with the booze after filming the first episode of her show. “I was like, ‘I can’t handle this unless I’m in a really clear place.
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