Drew Barrymore recently opened up about her struggles with alcohol, expressing feelings of shame regarding her past as a “blackout drinker”.
The talk show host became visibly emotional during an interview with Kravitz, who appeared on Tuesday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show” to promote her directorial debut, “Blink Twice.”
“I used to be a blackout drinker, and so watching this film was an extraordinary journey for me to forgive myself for that,” she said. “I’ve put myself in situations I shouldn’t have put myself in, and I felt so much shame about that.”
Noting that she hasn’t had a drink in five years, she added, “It is not only a film about the things that can happen to us, but it made me think about the things we’ve done to ourselves.”
The movie “Blink Twice” follows friends Frida and Jess, played by Naomi Ackie and Alia Shawkat, as they vacation on a tropical island owned by tech billionaire Slater King, played by Channing Tatum. After strange occurrences, Frida learns that she and Jess were sexually assaulted by Slater and his associates while under the influence of a drug derived from a flower on the island.
Drew Barrymore, an actor from a family of performers, rose to fame at age 7 in “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” Despite early success, she sought treatment for substance abuse at 13 and was emancipated from her parents a year later. In recent years, she has been vocal about her struggles with alcohol and expressed a renewed resolve to quit drinking after filming a pilot for “The Drew Barrymore Show” in 2019.