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Drew Barrymoreis a self-described “hopeless romantic.”
The actress and talk show host has been married three times and was separately engaged two other times. In 2022, sherevealed she’s on a dating app(and hasthecutest profile pic), though she admits it took her a while to get to that point following her 2016 divorce fromWill Kopelman, with whom she shares two daughters.
“I have two young girls and, like, I don’t want to bring people home,” she said in a January 2022 interview withCBS Mornings. “I think it would take me avery long time to meet someoneand get to know them before I could even ever introduce them to my daughters.”
Barrymore has been on a few dates since her divorce, and while she’s open to finding love again, she’s not planning on having another wedding.
“There’s no reason to be [married],” she said. “I would maybe live with someone again, maybe, but I’ve had kids and there’s no way, I will never, ever, ever, get married again.”
As for her dating life, she wrote that she is “just in a completely different place in my life and maybe in the near future I will get into a relationship … but it simply hasn’t been my priority.”
On Dec. 1, 2022, Barrymore shared that she hadstarted dating againon an episode ofThe Drew Barrymore Show. The host spoke to guestWhoopi Goldbergabout her experience, saying, “Because it had been so many years, I started to get a little worried, like I’m too good at being alone.”
She lateropened up about perimenopauseand how it has impacted her dating life duringanOprah Dailypanelin April 2023. “There’s something in that stigma that I don’t want you to think I’m some dusty, old, dry thing. That’s not the image I want,” the actress said.
“If Mark Zuckerberg could rebrand Facebook to Meta, maybe we can do this for menopause,” she added.
Here’s what to know about Drew Barrymore’s star-studded dating history.
Corey Feldman
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Barrymorewas linkedtoCorey Feldmanwhen they were teens. At the time, Feldman was at the top of his game following star turns in movies likeThe Goonies,Gremlins,Stand By MeandThe Lost Boys.
The pair connected while filming15 and Getting Straight, an after-school special in which they played teen patients in a recovery program, according to theLos Angeles Times. Barrymore and Feldmanattended the Oscarstogether in March 1989, when Barrymore was 14 and Feldman was 17. They reportedly dated until April 1990.
In January 2023,Feldman appeared onThe Drew Barrymore Show. The exes took a walk down memory lane — recalling their first date as preteens before becoming an official couple a few years later.
“What happened was, I got a call one day. My grandmother says, ‘We got a call from Steven [Spielberg’s] office, and the little girl fromE.T.wants to meet you because she’s got a crush on you,’ " Feldman shared.
He continued: “Of course, neither of us drove because I was still living at my grandparents', and you were living with your mom. And it was so cute. I remember taking you to the movies, I remember exactly which movie theater it was. We walked across the street, and you put your little hand up for me to hold. And I held your hand, and we walked across the street.”
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Leland Hayward III
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Barrymore datedLeland Hayward III, grandson and namesake of legendary Hollywood agentLeland Hayward, in 1991 — when she was just 16 years old to his 24. The couple werebriefly engagedbefore calling it quits.
David Arquette
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Years before playing siblings in the 1999 rom-comNever Been Kissedand costarring inScream, Barrymore andDavid Arquettedated — though they can’t seem to agree on the nature of their past relationship.
In a2014 episodeofWatch What Happens Live, Arquette said he and Barrymore dated when they were “very young kids,” adding, “She’s just one of the sweetest, kindest people in Hollywood. She always has been, and she always will be. She’s just a lovely, sweet person. We used to run around and just be silly.”
“We also dated, but she denied it onHoward Stern,” he said. “But, we dated, Drew!”
Corin Nemec
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Not long after her (alleged) split from Arquette, Barrymore was briefly linked to producer, actor and screenwriter Corin Nemec in 1992. The pair attended the premiere of the filmRadio Flyertogether that February, but their romance appears to have been short-lived.
Jamie Walters
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Barrymore started dating actor and musicianJames “Jamie” Waltersin March 1992, and they got engaged that June. She was 17 years old and he was 23. They gottattoos of each others' names, but the pair broke up in in 1993 before ever walking down the aisle.
Jeremy Thomas
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Barrymore, then 19, met 31-year-old Jeremy Thomas in 1993 at an L.A. bar he owned.
After dating for just six weeks, theymarried on March 20, 1994. “Usually people live together first and then get married,” Barrymore told PEOPLE after their wedding. “I guess we’re doing it the old-fashioned way. Kind of.”
The relationship ended almost as quickly as it began: The couple split just 19 days after tying the knot. Their divorce was finalized in 1995; Barrymore cheekily referred to Thomas as “the devil” in aninterview withRolling Stonepublishedthat June.
Eric Erlandson
Barrymore and Erlandson split in 1996, though details surrounding the breakup are scant. Erlandson hasn’t spoken publicly about his relationship with Barrymore, but did reflect on the notoriety that came with it inan interview withL.A. Weekly.
“I have a negative view of it — being worshiped too much. Fame is fame,” Erlandson said.
Luke Wilson
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During her romance with Wilson, Barrymore first connected withKate Hudson, who was dating Luke’s brotherOwen Wilson. In 2022, Barrymore and Hudson concurred thatneither of their relationships were serious.
“When we first met, we were young and wild,” Barrymore said on her talk show of meeting Hudson. “I was dating [Luke], but I think he was also dating other people. It was an open relationship; we were young.”
Barrymore added that she looks back fondly at that time in her life. “We’re just young, we’re having fun, we’re all playing, acting, hanging out,” she said. “You’re not taking it all so seriously, and it was fun and we had the best time.”
Tom Green
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Barrymore and comedianTom Greenbegan dating in March 2000 after meeting on the set ofCharlie’s Angelsand threw asurprise weddingon July 7, 2001, in Malibu, California. Before the couple called it quits, their marriage weathered a series of challenges, including Green’stesticular cancer diagnosisand a house fire.
In December 2001, Greenfiled for divorcefrom Barrymore. “Drew is a wonderful woman,” Green said in a statement. “I love her very much. I wish our marriage could have worked out. I wish her much happiness.”
Barrymore later told Howard Stern of the split, “[We] were young and kind of idiots … I didn’t know how to manage myself. I’ve always said I was a woman in the boardroom and a child in the bedroom. I could go into a studio and pitch … but I didn’t know how to handle things in my personal life.”
In September 2020, Barrymore and Green reunited on her talk show, and she reflected warmly on their brief marriage and one particularmoment with his family.
The pairreconnected in persona year later on Barrymore’s show, exchanging heartfelt sentiments — but remaining platonic.
Fabrizio Moretti
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Barrymore’s relationship withFabrizio Moretti, drummer forThe Strokes, was her longest at that point in her life. The couple began dating in 2002 after meeting backstage at a music festival, and they were together for five years.
In 2004, she told PEOPLE that her romance with Moretti was “the most positive relationship” she had ever been in. “Right now I’m in a phase of ‘I’m not even your girlfriend. I’m your best friend who is madly in love with you,’ " she toldHarper’s Bazaarin 2007. As the issue went to print, however, the pair split.
Still, Barrymore looks back on her time with Moretti fondly and said he did one of themost romantic thingsfor her: teaching her to play the White Stripes' hit “Seven Nation Army” before she played drummer Meg White in aSaturday Night Livesketch. In 2009, she toldWmagazine that her and Moretti’s past love was “one of the most, if not the most,important relationships” she’d had in her life, adding, “We’re still very close.”
Spike Jonze and Zach Braff
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Barrymore and Braff were spotted canoodling in New York City in February 2007, when they got close at anSNLafterparty, then again on June 30, 2007, when they kissed while out dancing (and appeared “blissful,” according to an eyewitness) and went for a romantic stroll through SoHo.
One week later, Barrymore and Jonze were spotted smooching in the VIP section of a Klaxons concert in L.A. Jonze and Barrymore were first linked in March 2007.
Justin Long
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Barrymore started dating actorJustin Long, her costar in rom-comsHe’s Just Not That Into YouandGoing the Distance, in 2008. The pairmade no effort to hide how smittenthey were with one another.
During an interview withOprah Winfreyin 2008, Long spoke about his relationship with Barrymore. “She’s beautiful and funny,” he said. “She’s the most compassionate person I’ve ever met … She smells great.” Barrymore told Winfrey, “This relationship is great. It’s healthy, it’s productive and it’s supportive. It’s full of humor and a lot of fun. I found a best friend.”
After two years of on-again-off-again “chaos,” Barrymore and Long split in 2010, butalways remained friendly. In 2022, Long, who began dating actressKate Bosworthin March, appeared on Barrymore’s talk show. The pairreminisced on their past “hedonistic” romanceand how much they’ve grown up in the 12 years since.
“We laughed so much, like that was so much a part of our connection was that we love funny people. We enjoy laughing at all times,” Long said. “I love that we maintained our love because I know for my end it will never go away.”
A tearful Barrymore replied, “I feel like we’ve been through so much together too. I feel like when we used to, like, talk and FaceTime, I was always like, ‘You know, I’ve really grown up, Justin.’ I always wanted to prove what a different person I was than when we dated.”
Long, smiling, told her, “You were the best.”
Will Kopelman
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Barrymore’s longest relationship was with her third husband, art consultantWill Kopelman. The couplewere first linkedin January 2011, gotengagedin January 2012 andmarried in June. On Sept. 26, 2012, the couple welcomed their first child,Olive Barrymore Kopelman. DaughterFrankie Barrymore Kopelmanwas born on April 22, 2014.
Barrymore has said she and Kopelman were “polar opposites,” something he alluded to as well. “Sometimes whom you least expect is the person you fall for,” Kopelman said in 2014. “It was a combination of moments: watching her with my nephew. Traveling with her. Going to museums with her. I knew, adding them up, this was it.”
Parenting seemed to strengthen their bond. “Honestly, I don’t know how it is for other couples but really I likewatching him be a father,” Barrymore told PEOPLE in 2015. “I know everyone says you’re supposed to put your coupledom first. But I really love it being all about the kids. Maybe that’s my compensating for not having parents myself or a childhood but right now, the focus is about how we’re figuring things out as parents.”
In April 2016, Barrymorefiled for divorcefrom Kopelman, who was reportedly “devastated.”
Sources told PEOPLE that the couplebutted headson where to live, with Kopelman preferring to stay in N.Y.C. and Barrymore “being drawn to” L.A. “They’ve had marriage issues for a while,” a source said.
The estranged pair told PEOPLE in a statement: “Sadly ourfamily is separating legally, although we do not feel this takes away from us being a family. Divorce might make one feel like a failure, but eventually you start to find grace in the idea that life goes on. Our children are our universe, and we look forward to living the rest of our lives with them as the first priority.”
Five years after Kopelman and Barrymore’s divorce, he wedAlexandra Michler,Vogue’s director of fashion development, withFrankie and Olive serving as flower girls. Barrymore said she “adores” Michler, and that they all co-parent their girls well together.
“I just feel likeI won the lottery with her, like, I really did,” Barrymore said of Michler. “I feel like I’m lucky that there’s this new beautiful soul that came into our lives.”
Barrymore added, “I don’t try to be her best friend, she knows that I absolutely worship the ground she walks on, and I’m her biggest cheerleader.”
Barrymore said she gives Michler and Kopelman space, but that they’re all friends. “We hang out. We do dinners, all the kids' birthdays. We might take a trip together,” she said. “We’re finding our way in a beautiful, slow, respectful manner.”
In December 2022, Barrymoreopened up about her divorceto PEOPLE, calling it “the death of a dream.”
She added: “There was no scandal. Nothing went wrong, which is cleaner, but makes it harder and more confusing because there isn’t The Thing to point to. We tried so hard to make it work.”
source: people.com
