Drew Barrymore cries as she reflects on how her troubled childhood impacted her ...

Drew Barrymore cries as she reflects on how her troubled childhood impacted her ...
Drew Barrymore cries as she reflects on how her troubled childhood impacted her ...

Drew Barrymore became emotional while discussing how her trouble childhood impacted her as a mother.

On Friday, the 46-year-old actress broke down in tears during a conversation about boundaries on  Dear Media's Raising Good Humans podcast.

'Boundaries is a triggering word for me,' Drew told host Dr. Aliza Pressman.

Difficult: Drew Barrymore became emotional while discussing how her trouble childhood impacted her as a mother. Seen in 2021

Difficult: Drew Barrymore became emotional while discussing how her trouble childhood impacted her as a mother. Seen in 2021

'Tell us more,' Pressman asked. 

'I'm really vulnerable,' the 50 First Dates star continued. 'God, it's really emotional for me.' 

Drew then began to choke up as she said, 'I have...since my kids were born, other parents, schools and society have brought up the word 'boundaries' and every single time I heard that word, I felt bad because I did not grow up with them.'

Through her tears, the talk show host explained, 'So I had no resources or experiences to pull for what that even is, let alone how to execute it and be confident about it. 

Emotional: During a promo clip from her talk show that she shared in a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, the California native cried while discussing the challenges of dating as a single mom with Queer Eye star Bobby Berk

Emotional: During a promo clip from her talk show that she shared in a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, the California native cried while discussing the challenges of dating as a single mom with Queer Eye star Bobby Berk

'And it just– it's a word that's thrown around with such confidence and at times, arrogance and a lot of the times, the way in which people say it tonally, as if it's something you are already supposed to know,' she concluded. 

Drew shares daughters Olive, nine, and Frankie, seven, with her ex-husband Will Kopelman, 43. 

During a promo clip from her talk show that she shared in a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, the California native cried while discussing the challenges of dating as a single mom with Queer Eye star Bobby Berk.

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