"I was so invested in that plan," Barrymore said about her relationship with Kopelman, whom she divorced in 2016 after four years of marriage.

According to the Scream actress, she felt like everything she knew in her personal life was ending. She had monumental whiplash after things were finalized that made her question everything, but she was able to pull herself out of it because of her children, as she explained to the AARP:

Drew Barrymore — who coparents daughters Olive and Frankie with ex Will Kopelman — shared insight into the “heavy” and “sad” chapter following their 2016 divorce.

Drew Barrymore is getting candid about her divorce from Will Kopelman . In a cover story for AARP The Magazine 's February/March 2025 issue, Barrymore, 49, opened up about how she navigated her spit from Kopelman in 2016, following four years of marriage .

Drew Barrymore is getting candid about her reason for taking a step back from acting. The actress, 49, who now hosts her daytime talk show The Drew Barrymore Show, opened up about balancing Hollywood and parenthood in AARP The Magazine‘s February/March 2025 cover story.

Steven Ferdman/Getty Images Drew Barrymore is looking back on her divorce from ex Will Kopelman. The Charlie’s Angels star, 49, said she put her acting career on hold to focus on her two daughters, Olive,