Drew Barrymore can go ‘years’ without sex

No sex, no problem.

Drew Barrymore joked on Tuesday’s episode of her talk show that she can go “years” without getting intimate.

“What’s wrong with me that six months doesn’t seem very long?” the actress asked her audience of the Drew Barrymore Show as she spoke about Andrew Garfield’s recent revelation that he had been celibate for six months.

“I was like, ‘Yeah, so?'” Barrymore, 47, said of the 39-year-old actor’s admission.

When Ross Mathews intervened: “That’s the headline: ‘Drew can go six months, no problem,'” the star of “Scream” corrected the judges of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and clarified that she could actually “be able to enjoy sex for years.” remember. “

Barrymore’s revelation came a month after Garfield said on Marc Maron’s podcast that he “starved” himself of sex and food while playing a priest in the 2016 film “Silence.”

The “Amazing Spider-Man” star called the experience “spiritual” in the August interview, explaining, “I did some spiritual practices every day. I created new rituals for myself. … I had some pretty wild, trippy experiences. ”

Will Kopelman and Drew Barrymore
Barrymore was last married to Will Kopelman, whom she divorced in 2016.
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As for Barrymore, the “Never Been Kissed” star has also spoken candidly about her sex life over the years.

In February 2021, the Golden Globe winner confessed to Mathews, 42, that she has had a partner in a car, also noting that she prefers “soft” or “natural” lighting when turning it on indoors.

Barrymore has been married three times over the years to Jeremy Thomas, Tom Green and Will Kopelman.

Drew Barrymore, Olive and Frankie
The former couple shares two daughters.
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The “Santa Clarita Diet” alum welcomed daughters Olive, 9 and Frankie, 8, with the latter before divorcing in 2016.

When it comes to dating as a single mom, the “ET” star takes a cautious approach.

“I don’t want to take people home,” she told Queer Eye star Bobby Berk on a January episode of her CBS show.

“I think it would take a very long time to meet and get to know someone before I could even introduce them to my daughters,” Barrymore continued tearfully. “I go on dates every now and then.”

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