Hector Posted Tuesday at 07:30 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:30 PM Drew Barrymore hasn't seen the much buzzed about Hulu documentary Framing Britney Spears, which recounts the singer's struggle to be released from a conservatorship, but she wants to. As the actress-turned-talk show host explained on Monday's episode of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM, she feels for Spears, Paris Hilton and other women who, like her, have spent a lot of their lives in the spotlight. Barrymore herself was in movies before she was in kindergarten and she had an infamously troubled childhood. She went to rehab when she was 13. "I have so much empathy toward so many people," said Barrymore, who's acted since she was 6. "I'm sure that people look on and think, 'These party girls, these privileges, how dare they have feelings about any of this? They've put themselves out there, they've asked for this — it's fair f****** game,' and I just go, 'They're humans. They're just humans,' and I have a lot of empathy." Her voice cracked as she continued. "It’s hard to grow up in front of people," Barrymore said. "It's just hard." While no one ever tried to take control of the E.T. star's money — in fact, she was emancipated at 14 — Barrymore said she was forced into a facility at one point. She's previously said that she was taken there because she was addicted to alcohol and cocaine and attempted suicide more than once. "My mom put me in a place that was, like, a full psychiatric ward," Barrymore shared. "I used to laugh at those, like, Malibu 30-day places. Talk about things that pissed me off... A little spa vacation in Malibu was sort of the opposite of the experience I had. I was in a place for a year and a half called Van Nuys Psychiatric, and you couldn't mess around in there. And if you did, you would get either thrown in the padded room or put in stretcher restraints and tied up." Barrymore was there for six to eight months, and the treatment eventually worked. "It was the best thing to happen to me, in a sick way, because it cooled me out," she said. While Barrymore and her mother, Jaid Barrymore, have long had a tumultuous relationship, she said things are improving. Barrymore has come to understand more about where her mom was coming from during Drew's childhood. "We texted this morning. I'm really glad there is healing there," she said. "I feel goodness toward my mom. I feel empathy and understanding." https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/drew-barrymore-framing-britney-spears-paris-hilton-child-star-howard-stern-interview-015247604.html If there's anyone who can really relate to what Britney's been through, it's Drew. Lovely words of support Link to post Share on other sites
éclat Posted Tuesday at 07:37 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:37 PM I love her Link to post Share on other sites
sickening Posted Tuesday at 07:45 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:45 PM queen that does no wrong Link to post Share on other sites
James_Dean Posted Tuesday at 08:02 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:02 PM Very kind Link to post Share on other sites
hétérosexuelle Posted Tuesday at 08:04 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:04 PM Yay higher and higher profile people are talking Link to post Share on other sites
#FreeBritney Activist Totami Legend Posted Tuesday at 08:16 PM #FreeBritney Activist Share Posted Tuesday at 08:16 PM (edited) Britney needs a friend like like this, please reach out to her Edited Tuesday at 08:16 PM by Totami Legend Link to post Share on other sites
Slave 4 U Posted Tuesday at 08:37 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:37 PM This is so sweet, I really admire Drew for overcoming everything she went through and still being so grounded. Link to post Share on other sites
#FreeBritney Activist Enzolorenzo Posted Tuesday at 08:44 PM #FreeBritney Activist Share Posted Tuesday at 08:44 PM She’s so sweet Link to post Share on other sites
#FreeBritney Activist SinnerCity Posted Tuesday at 08:53 PM #FreeBritney Activist Share Posted Tuesday at 08:53 PM Drew is such a kind soul Link to post Share on other sites
Roman Holiday Posted Tuesday at 09:31 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:31 PM Her life timeline is so crazy Link to post Share on other sites
Ghiles Posted Tuesday at 10:27 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:27 PM This legend Link to post Share on other sites
GreatestLoveofAll Posted Tuesday at 10:48 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:48 PM Aww this is so sweet- I had no clue her career was so long and tumultuous tbh. Link to post Share on other sites
BILLIONAIRE✘BOY Posted Tuesday at 11:32 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 11:32 PM Drew is amazing Link to post Share on other sites
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