Drew Barrymore might have come to fame by being a toddler actor, however that’s not what she desires for her children. The E.T. actress discovered some (possibly sudden) validation to that time when chatting with actress Andie MacDowell on The Drew Barrymore Present yesterday. Barrymore opened up, saying that her 9-year-old daughter Frankie not too long ago informed her she desires to be an actress when she grows up.

“I stated, ‘Okay. I’ll help you and assist you to in any approach I can,’” Barrymore stated. “You understand I received’t allow them to now, they should be children and develop up.”  

“I did the identical factor,” MacDowell stated. The Groundhog Day star shares daughters Margaret, 29 and Rainey, 34 and son Justin, 38 with ex-husband Paul Qualley. Each Margaret and Rainey have followerd of their mother’s footsteps, however that didn’t occur till later of their lives.

“Oh so I’m doing it proper,” stated Barrymore, who additionally shares Olive, 11 with ex-husband Will Kopelman.

“I believe so,” MacDowell stated, earlier than launching right into a story a few younger Barrymore.

The First Time They Met

“I keep in mind the primary time I noticed you … You got here to a celebration, you have been a toddler. You got here to the St. Elmo’s Fireplace occasion.”

After some forwards and backwards, they realized that, on the time, MacDowell was in her mid-twenties and Barrymore was 10.

“‘What have been you doing there?’ I keep in mind pondering that,” MacDowell stated. Barrymore stated she was “partying” and later added the enjoyable tidbit that her first dance was with actor Emilio Estevez — who’s in love with MacDowell in St. Elmo’s Fireplace — at a celebration for Rob Lowe. What?!

“I don’t find out about you,” MacDowell continued, “however I’ve labored with children and it’s actually a job. I simply wished [my kids] to have no matter a traditional life is.” 

“All the things you’re saying is making me really feel so validated for my selections.”  

The Subsequent Era

Simply over a 12 months in the past, MacDowell turned a grandma when her son Justin and his associate Nicolette welcomed a child lady. She informed the co-hosts of Immediately that she and her granddaughter have a “soul-to-soul connection.”

“I’ve by no means had somebody look into me and see my soul like that,” she stated.

That was sure. What was nonetheless up within the air was what the star of Hallmark’s The Approach Dwelling could be referred to as.

“I haven’t determined — she will be able to’t converse but,” MacDowell stated. “I’m gonna give her time. I’m pondering Nana or Grandma … Not Granny!”

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