Yahoo Lifestyle Drew Barrymore Says Her Female Friendships Make Going Through Romantic Heartbreaks 'Easier'
"Every time I've ever been dumped, my first phone call is my girlfriends. They make it so much better," said the actress
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Drew Barrymore in New York City on May 16, 2024Drew Barrymore is grateful she has a tight inner circle of friends to lean on.
Speaking with The Room Next Door star Julianne Moore about her bonds with fellow women in her life over the years, Barrymore, 49, said on her eponymous talk show Wednesday, Jan. 8, "I think female friendship has been the thing that probably anchored my life the most."
"Most of my friends I've had for 30 and 40 years are gonna be 50, so it's like my whole life I've known these people," she explained. "I trust them implicitly. They're very honest with me, and I know that they've seen where I've been and where I'm going."
"I feel like not having had traditional family, everything is possible through my female friendships," Barrymore continued.
"And they want the best for you," said Moore, 64.
Added Barrymore, "And get you through heartbreak so much easier. Every time I've ever been dumped, my first phone call is my girlfriends. They make it so much better."
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Moore also reflected on her friendship with Room Next Door costar Tilda Swinton, telling the host they share a lot of similarities but didn't know each other well before making the film.
"She and I are the same age. We have kids around the same age. We've had relatively similar careers, both have red hair, and we've seen each other at film festivals and doing press in hotels, but never knew each other," the Oscar winner said.
But "in the process" of making the Pedro Almodóvar–directed film and "spending time together," Moore said of herself and Swinton, 64, "We formed a real connection and we became friends."
Meanwhile, Barrymore recently opened up about how she once leveraged the support of her longtime friend and Charlie's Angels costar Lucy Liu after a bad breakup.
During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show Nov. 18, 2024, the Red One actress and her costar Kiernan Shipka talked to Barrymore about dating and swapped stories, including one time Liu "found" Barrymore "hiding in my bushes" after a romantic split.
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"She rang the gate and she was hiding and I came out. I was like, 'Where ... I don't see anyone here,' " recalled Liu. "And then you kind of came out of the bushes with leaves in your hair and you're like, 'I don't want him to see me here.' Remember?"
"And I was like, 'What are you doing? Get in the house,' " Liu continued. "She was hiding literally in the bushes."
Barrymore explained to the audience that she was going through a bad breakup and was "depressed," hoping to spend the night at Liu's house.
"There's nothing better in heartbreak than your girlfriends," she said. "I don't know what it is for guys — I hope it's your guy friends and you go, 'Come over, I'm gonna take you for a drink.' "
The Room Next Door is in theaters now.
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