From her decades of (mostly) joyous and good-natured Hollywood projects to her recent years as a candid and endlessly entertaining talk show host, Drew Barrymore is known for standing out as an uplifting celebrity whose cheerful smiles remain bright and inspirational. But that smile was replaced by something with a harder edge this week in the aftermath of a candid interview, as her emotional thoughts about her relationship with mother Ildiko Jaid Barrymore were taken out of context to the point where news outlets reporting that she “cannot wait” for her mom to die so that any amount of closure could be felt. Rather than let those reports spread, the E.T. vet took to social media to clarify her stance in a most serious manner.
In one of the most distinctly upset videos she’s ever put out there, Drew Barrymore slammed tabloids for rolling out headlines that specifically claimed she's wished for the death of her mother (who may or may not have hooked up with Rob Lowe's dad in the past). Here’s how she put it on Instagram:
