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48-year-old Drew Barrymore took part in the program about women’s health. The topic of discussion was menopause and the conditions preceding it. She was accompanied by Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver, as well as professional doctors. The program was broadcast on OprahDaily.com.
On the air, Barrymore said that she had symptoms of perimenopause (the period preceding menopause). And according to the actress, this has already begun to affect her personal life. Drew said that on her last date with a man, it was not easy for her to talk about her participation in the upcoming program and its topics.
Usually I am confident in myself and want to be myself, an open book. But at that moment I thought: “I don’t want to talk about it, because I need a person to have a certain opinion about me,” the star admitted.
Barrymore added that due to the stigmatization that exists in society, she is afraid that she will be considered a “dry old purse.” The star noted that this is not the image that she wants to create. According to the actress, after that date, she thought about the fact that the concept of “menopause” needs a rebranding.
When you talk about this topic, you seem like a withered old purse. This is the stigma, the idea that I would like to change. We need to make talking about menopause more fun, sexy and safer.
Recall that Drew Barrymore went through a difficult breakup with her husband, art consultant Will Kopelman. The family idyll ended four years after the wedding. Former lovers announced the separation, but did not go into details. Only after a while, the actress decided to share her pain. After the wedding, she left California for New York to be closer to her husband’s family. The divorce was “extremely difficult” for the star. She became so ill that she began to drink heavily.
Source: Hellomagazine
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