Drew Barrymoreis dishing on her earliest romance.During Friday’s episode of hertitular talk show, the 46-year-old actress chatted withScrubsstarsZach BraffandDonald Faison, the latter of whom shared that he first met Barrymore through hisCluelesscostarBreckin Meyer.“When I first moved to Los Angeles, Breckin, Paul Rudd, and Alicia [Silverstone] took me to Jones and we met you that night,” Faison, 46, said. “I met you through Breckin and every time I’ve seen you since then I’ve always been like ‘I know Breckin!’ “An excited Barrymore then revealed that Meyer was actually her first boyfriend. “Breckin Meyer, aka Travis Birkenstock, was my first boyfriend in like grade school,” she said, referencing his character’s name inClueless.“I love Breckin.“Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.Presley Ann/Getty Images; Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix/ShutterstockLast September, the talk show hostopened up to PEOPLEabout what it was like growing up in the entertainment industry, and how she got to where she is now.“I started [in this industry] when I was in diapers,” she said. “At 13, it was that sad sob story. And then I picked myself back up. I’vebeen married, I’ve gotten divorced, I’ve raised myself, for better or worse. I have these two girls who are my entire universe. And it has all been out there.“Barrymore shares daughtersFrankie, 6, andOlive, 8, with ex-husband Will Kopelman.Michael Loccisano/GettyBarrymore went on to share why she’s an open book with her own life, but chooses to keep her daughters away from the spotlight.“My life with my children, my feelings, that’s all on the table — but [Olive and Frankie themselves] are not,” she said. “Because of my life experiences, I’mnot selling my brand on my kids. I won’t do it.““But to ignore that part of my life would make me an automaton,” she continued. “So it’s really inventive to figure out how to bring them into the omelet and fold it in, in a way that feels appropriate for me.”
Drew Barrymoreis dishing on her earliest romance.
During Friday’s episode of hertitular talk show, the 46-year-old actress chatted withScrubsstarsZach BraffandDonald Faison, the latter of whom shared that he first met Barrymore through hisCluelesscostarBreckin Meyer.
“When I first moved to Los Angeles, Breckin, Paul Rudd, and Alicia [Silverstone] took me to Jones and we met you that night,” Faison, 46, said. “I met you through Breckin and every time I’ve seen you since then I’ve always been like ‘I know Breckin!’ "
An excited Barrymore then revealed that Meyer was actually her first boyfriend. “Breckin Meyer, aka Travis Birkenstock, was my first boyfriend in like grade school,” she said, referencing his character’s name inClueless.“I love Breckin.”
Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.
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Last September, the talk show hostopened up to PEOPLEabout what it was like growing up in the entertainment industry, and how she got to where she is now.
“I started [in this industry] when I was in diapers,” she said. “At 13, it was that sad sob story. And then I picked myself back up. I’vebeen married, I’ve gotten divorced, I’ve raised myself, for better or worse. I have these two girls who are my entire universe. And it has all been out there.”
Barrymore shares daughtersFrankie, 6, andOlive, 8, with ex-husband Will Kopelman.
Michael Loccisano/Getty
Barrymore went on to share why she’s an open book with her own life, but chooses to keep her daughters away from the spotlight.
“My life with my children, my feelings, that’s all on the table — but [Olive and Frankie themselves] are not,” she said. “Because of my life experiences, I’mnot selling my brand on my kids. I won’t do it.”
“But to ignore that part of my life would make me an automaton,” she continued. “So it’s really inventive to figure out how to bring them into the omelet and fold it in, in a way that feels appropriate for me.”
source: people.com
