Drew Barrymore Talks 'Cripplingly Difficult' Divorce & What She Did to 'Numb the Pain'

Drew Barrymore is opening up about her divorce from Will Kopelman.

The 47-year-old actress and talk show host says the 2016 split from her former husband was “cripplingly difficult” and she talked about what she did to “numb the pain.”

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“There are times where you can look at someone you think is a strong person and see them so broken and go, ‘How the f— did they get there?’ And I was that person. I broke,” Drew told People for her new cover story.

Drew says she turned to drinking to deal with the pain. For those who don’t know, she was treated for alcohol and drug addiction when she was very young.

“It was just trying to numb the pain and feel good — and alcohol totally did that for me. The drinking thing for me was a constant, like, ‘You cannot change. You are weak and incapable of doing what’s best for you. You keep thinking you will master this thing, and it’s getting the better of you,’” Drew said.

She continued, “After the life I planned for my kids didn’t work out — I almost think that was harder than the stuff [I went through] as a kid. It felt a lot more real because it wasn’t just me. It was about these kids that I cared so much about. And then I probably cared so much that I was only giving to them and not taking care of myself. It was a messy, painful, excruciating walk through the fire and come back to life kind of trajectory.”

Drew says that she spent time in therapy and eventually gave up drinking.

One of Drew‘s new interviews went viral this past week for the funniest reason.