Everything Drew Barrymore Has Said About Dating After Will Kopelman Split

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January 26, 2024 at 10:18 AM

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During an episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, the California native discussed whether she has seen fellow celebs on dating apps. "Oh yes, I did. I mean, it's not really fun to not say who they were but a lot of them. It was like looking through an Us Weekly," Barrymore shared during the September 2020 appearance, adding that she approached online dating "terribly" then. "I got stood up, and I didn't match with anyone. And my friends gave me this sort of bloated sense of false confidence. They were like, 'You should try it. You will do great.' It was a car wreck." She continued: "But, you know, I love being able to be in the conversation, I have to say. Like, I definitely had fun with it. And I've always wanted to go on a blind date, but my life got in the way of that, so I thought, like, online dating might satiate that desire. And no, it was a real wake-up call. But it was fun, and yes, there were lots of exciting people."

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Drew Barrymore has not held back about the struggles of returning to the dating scene following her split from ex-husband Will Kopelman.

Barrymore and Kopelman tied the knot in 2012 and later welcomed daughters Olive and Frankie. After four years of marriage, the pair announced their split in April 2016.

After Kopelman married Alexandra Michler in 2021, Barrymore revealed she wasn’t ready to dip her toe in the dating pool.

“I’m not there yet. I have two young girls, and I don’t want to bring people home,” Barrymore said during a January 2022 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. “I think that it would take me a very long time to meet someone and get to know them before I could ever even introduce them to my daughters.” The actress has since begun to date, keeping fans in the loop about her online dating triumphs and failures.

Scroll down for all of Barrymore's most candid thoughts about dating:

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