Drew Barrymore is opening up about her tumultuous childhood — including being given drugs at 10 years old.
The talk show host appeared in the Hulu documentary Child Star, which asks former famous kids like Barrymore, 49, Alyson Stoner, 31, Christina Ricci, 44, and Demi Lovato, 32, to reflect on their experience growing up in the spotlight. The film dropped on the streaming giant on Tuesday, September 17, and is co-directed by Lovato, who is also the main interviewer.
Lovato asked the Charlie's Angels actress at what age she was offered drugs and alcohol. "How old were you when you were first given something?," the singer questioned.
"I mean, I used to get high with my mom's friend at like, 10," Barrymore recalled before saying "And I thought she was so cool, and she would give weed to me and her son."
Barrymore — who shares two daughters, Olive, 11, and Frankie, 10, with her ex-husband Will Kopelman — noted that having a daughter the same age she was when she first started drugs has shifted her perspective on her youth. "Having a 10-year-old daughter now, I just, it's unfathomable. But that's just how I grew up," the ET star confessed.
Barrymore was adamant that she takes accountability for all her actions and doesn't blame anyone for her decisions. "Those were all my actions, those were my reactions. That was my coping mechanism. I'm very accountable, I don't blame other people," Barrymore stated.
However, Lovato pushed back on this, noting that the adults should be the ones accountable for giving a kid drugs. "It's hard to say that you don't blame other people when other people may have been giving you substances as a kid," Lovato remarked.
Barrymore also talked about her parents in the documentary and how her mother left her father because he was "dangerous" and on "a lot of drugs." Lovato noted that Barrymore never really made a conscious choice to start acting. "You were sort of almost born into it, given that you started at 11 months old," Lovato said.
"It was a Gaines-Burgers puppy chow commercial. And I've never stopped working since then, except for when I was institutionalized by my mother," Barrymore admitted.
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