Drew Barrymore reveals why she was forced to hide in her Charlie’s Angels costar Lucy Liu’s bushes
Drew Barrymore learned the hard way that boyfriend Lucy Liu will always have her back.
In the Monday episode of The Drew Barrymore Showthe Red One star revealed that she once found her Charlie’s Angels co-star hiding in the bushes outside her home.
The story came about when Barrymore, 49, credited Red One star Kiernan Shipka, 25, with making her “much more of a dating optimist” after they shared a girls’ night together.
The divorced mother of two then turned to Liu, 55, and told her, “I was literally thinking about this time I was coming to your house and spending the night because I had just broken up with someone, and I was depressed she said.
Barrymore then turned to the audience and explained, “There’s nothing better about heartbreak than your girlfriends. I don’t know about guys, I hope they’re your guy friends,” she said to loud applause from the audience.
She then returned to the story and revealed that Liu had invited her and offered to take her out for drinks.
Drew Barrymore learned the hard way that boyfriend Lucy Liu will always have her back. The two shared an embarrassing but hilarious story on Monday while Liu was a guest on The Drew Barrymore Show
“Well, let’s clarify,” the Old Guy actress said.
“If you don’t remember,” she said to her old friend.
She then turned to the camera: “I found her hiding in my bushes.” Then both women burst out laughing at the memory.
“She rang the doorbell at the gate,” Liu continued, “and she hid in the bushes and I came out and I thought, ‘I don’t see anyone here,’ and you kind of came out of the bushes with leaves in your hands . her and you say, “I don’t want him to see me here.”
Liu said she wondered what the Smile 2 actress was doing, but told her to “go inside!”
The two longtime friends did not say when the incident took place or who the nervous star was trying to hide from.
Barrymore has been married three times. Her first marriage was to cafe owner Jeremy Thomas in 1994. She was 19 and he was 31.
The relationship quickly ended and they split after 19 days with the young actress claiming that Thomas, who was born in Wales, was interested in her because of her money and a green card.
In 1999, she started dating comedian and actor Tom Green, 53.
Liu, 55, and Red One co-star Kiernan Shipka, 25, were promoting their new film Red One when Barrymore, 49, credited Shipka with making her “much more of a dating optimist” after they had shared a girls’ night together.
At that point, Liu reminded her Charlie’s Angels co-star of a particular night when she found the Never Been Kissed star hiding in the bushes outside her home. “You kind of came out of the bushes with leaves in your hair and you said, ‘I don’t want him to see me here.’
Both women burst out laughing at the memory, revealing that Barrymore was trying to hide from the boyfriend she had just broken up with. They did not reveal who the man was or when it happened
They got engaged in 2000 and married in 2001, but the marriage was over by the end of the year when Green filed for divorce in December 2001.
Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman in June 2012 and welcomed their daughter Olive, 12, later that year, followed by sister Frankie, 10, in 2014.
The couple separated in 2016, but maintain a good co-parenting relationship.
Barrymore has been married three times, including a short-lived marriage to actor Tom Green, 53. They got engaged in 2000 and married in 2001, but the marriage was over by the end of the year (pictured in London in November 2000). )
Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman in June 2012 (pictured in Los Angeles in May 2014)
Kopelman and Barrymore welcomed their daughter Olive, 12, in 2012, followed by sister Frankie, 10, in 2014. The couple split in 2016 but maintain a strong co-parenting relationship (pictured in Los Angeles in December 2014).
Liu, the mother of nine-year-old Rockwell, said her son loved seeing her in Red One and was “so proud” of his mother. “I was stunned and my heart burst open,” she told the audience
“I went trick-or-treating on Sunday with Will and his beautiful wife Allie, my daughters’ amazing stepmother,” she recently revealed on the show.
‘I honestly think this is so ideal. It’s the dream. And I love seeing this, I really do. It’s very positive, she said, adding, “You’re never not together when you have kids.”
Liu, the mother of nine-year-old Rockwell, said her son loved seeing her in Red One and was “so proud” of his mother.
“I was stunned and my heart burst open,” she told the crowd.