Drew Barrymore announced that she would be taking a social media hiatus for the coming summer months.
The 48-year-old actress turned talk show host shared an adorable black and white photo from when she was just a kid to accompany her post.
Her time away from Instagram and other social platforms comes after she sparked controversy earlier this month with comments about her relationship with her estranged mother.
Some readers of a June 5 profile in New York Magazine interpreted her as wishing her mother were dead, though she clarified that she just didn’t have the luxury of ignoring her issues with her mother in a vehement video posted earlier this month. Instagram was posted. .
In her latest post, Drew thanked her friends and followers for “making this feed such a loving place” and “a safe place like in” her acclaimed daytime talk show.
Taking a step back: Drew Barrymore, 48, announced on Tuesday that she would be taking a break from social media over the summer following controversial comments she made about her relationship with her mother; seen May 2022 in NYC
Taking a break: She posted a black and white photo of herself as a child and shared her plans for her free time, which included going on adventures. ‘Look what I find. Whatever I discover and encounter in this world … I love to share it’
“It’s just very humorous and kind. My two favorite things in this life,” she added.
“I’m going to take a social media break for the summer,” she continued. ‘I used to do it all the time. And it’s so healthy for the soul.’
Drew talked about her plans for her free time, which included “adventures.”
‘Look what I find. Whatever I discover and encounter in this world…I love to share it,” she wrote.
The ET actress gushed that she felt “so lucky that we can all be connected.”
She concluded with thanks for ‘everyone who gives me space in their field’.
The film and television star hoped for the best for her fans and encouraged them to “have the summer of your life,” writing that she would be working on the next issues of her eponymous Drew Magazine.
She also urged her fans to tune in to her show, writing, “See you in the fall for @thedrewbarrymoreshow season 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Alongside her old-fashioned photo of her sitting cross-legged in a wicker chair, Drew included a photo of writing in blue ink.
“It’s okay to disconnect for a while,” it read, though it wasn’t clear if she wrote the text or took the photo.
Nothing to see here: Drew also added a photo of writing in blue ink: ‘It’s OK to disconnect for a while’
Speaking her truth: Drew sparked controversy this month in a profile in New York Magazine saying she “couldn’t wait” for her mom Jaid to be “gone”
The rest of her carousel was less personal and mostly contained casual, humorous photos and videos that seemed to amuse her.
Drew shocked some of her fans when she delved into the troubled relationship she has with her estranged mother Jaid in her recent profile in New York Magazine.
In the article, the Never Been Kissed actress said she “couldn’t wait” for her mother to be “gone,” and admitted she thought it was a “luxury” for some of her friends with similarly complicated relationships whose parents had already died.
“All their mothers are gone, and my mother isn’t. I don’t have that luxury. But I can’t wait,’ she said.
However, Barrymore clarified in an impassioned Instagram video the same day the story was published that she didn’t mean she wished her mother was dead, but instead meant she couldn’t afford to simply end the “difficult relationship.” between the two to ignore. two.
In the same profile, she explained that she “doesn’t want to live in a state” where she “wants someone to die sooner than they’re supposed to so she can grow,” adding“I actually want her to be happy and thriving and healthy. But I have to fucking grow even though she’s on this planet.’
She expressed regret for her comments later in the same interview, clarifying that despite her past pain, she still “cares” for her mother.
‘I did not feel well [saying that]. I do care. I never care,” she said. “I don’t know if I ever knew how to guard the wall completely, shut it down, not feel it, build it up.”
In her subsequent Instagram video, Drew claimed she never meant to “wish her mother was dead,” but instead wanted to emphasize how difficult it had been to “figure out” her relationship with her mother later in life.
Clarification: Barrymore said in an Instagram video that she didn’t mean she wished her mother was dead, but instead meant she couldn’t afford to simply ignore the “difficult relationship” between the two; seen with mother Jaid in 1982
History: Drew has spoken openly over the years about how her mother used to take her to clubs all night as a kid. She has said she had her first alcoholic drink when she was just nine, and she admitted to using cocaine as early as age 12
“I’ve been vulnerable and tried to work through a really difficult, painful relationship, while admitting it’s hard to do that while a parent is alive,” she said, visibly emotional.
“For those of us who need to figure that out in real time, can’t wait, because they can’t wait for the time, not that [they wish] the parent is dead.’
Drew has spoken openly over the years about how her mother Jaid would let her party all night to clubs as a kid.
She has said she had her first alcoholic drink when she was just nine, and admitted to using cocaine as early as age 12.