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Drew Barrymore says she was ghosted after recent date

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Updated 13:15 5 Feb 2023 GMTPublished 13:12 5 Feb 2023 GMT

Drew Barrymore says she was ghosted after recent date

The beloved Charlie's Angels actress had just begun dating after splitting from her husband in 2016

Katherine Sidnell

Katherine Sidnell

Modern dating is tough, even for the likes of Charlie’s Angels star Drew Barrymore.

The beloved actress made an appearance on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast and candidly spoke about beginning to date again after her divorce.

Despite being one of the most famous women on the planet, she’s still has had dating fiascos like everyone else - including being brutally ghosted.

Her date cut off all communication with her, despite Barrymore describing their time together as 'the best date'.

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Actress Drew Barrymore was ghosted.
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"I went on a date with this guy. I thought it was the best date. I mean it really was,” the 47-year-old revealed, explaining how they’d planned to meet up.

"We made a plan for that weekend and we were texting back and forth and it was so cute, and I was like, I really like him. What a nice guy.

"I was attracted to him. I loved his job because he was in the news business and I love news, and I'm like, 'oh my god this is so cool.'"

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And then, radio silence.

The ET actress took a lengthy break from dating.
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"I never heard from him again. I guess that's what you call getting ghosted. I was like, whoah, that is so, that is so weird. OK," she explained.

While most of us would brush off the incident, it deeply hurt the TV host who had only recently begun dating after splitting from her husband, Will Kopelman, in 2016.

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Having taken a lengthy break from dating, Barrymore finally felt she was ready to put herself out there again when the date knocked her confidence.

Like many other ghosting victims, Barrymore was left wondering what she could have done differently.

Though she no longer blames herself, the mum-of-two has been frustrated with her love life, adding that she ‘never found the one’.

"I'm really good at giving [love] to my daughters and to my friends, but I've noticed how much of my history with the romantic space, I am so stuck, and I'm the person who doesn't want to be stuck," she told listeners in an emotional moment.

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Barrymore broke down as she explained that she was ‘still scared’ about dating but was trying to not be overcautious.

Tearfully, she said: "I want to know what work I can do to take my walls down, believe and trust."

The Charlie's Angels actress is no longer prioritising dating.
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Last year, the ET actress spoke to People magazine about not prioritising dating as much as she previously had done.

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She explained: “I love being with my friends and I love being alone, where does dating fit in? [...] Every once in a while, I'll go on a date because it's a very human, natural thing to do.

“I've gone on dates where I'm like, 'Oh my God, why did I say yes to dinner? Because we haven't ordered yet, and I don't want to be here.'"

We feel you Drew.

Featured Image Credit: UPI / Alamy

Topics: Celebrity, US News, Film and TV

Katherine Sidnell
Katherine Sidnell

Katherine is an entertainment journalist with a love of all things nerdy. Starting out writing Doctor Who fan fiction as a kid, she has gone on to interview the likes of Matt Damon, James May and Dua Lipa to name a few. Published in The Sun, The Daily Mail and Evening Standard - she now joins Ladbible as resident nerd in chief.

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