Drew Barrymore clarifies controversial mom comments: I never said ‘I wish my mother was dead’

Drew Barrymore clarifies controversial mom comments: I never said ‘I wish my mother was dead’

Drew Barrymore “never” said she wished her mother, Jaid Barrymore, was dead.

After her comments about her relationship with her mom were misconstrued, the actress is clearing the air.

Taking to Instagram Monday, Drew said in a video, “I have been vulnerable and tried to figure out a very difficult, painful relationship while admitting it is difficult to do while a parent is alive.”

“Don’t twist my words around or ever say that I wish my mother was dead. I have never said that. I never would,” she continued. 

Her clarification comes after she opened up about her relationship with her mother, 77, in an interview with New York magazine 

In it, she talked about her troubled past with her mother and explained that she had been jealous of friends who managed to work on their traumas after their moms had died. 

“All their moms are gone, and my mom’s not. And I’m like, ‘Well, I don’t have that luxury.’ But I cannot wait,” Drew said.

Later in the interview, Drew expressed remorse for her harsh words. 

Drew Barrymore clarifies controversial mom comments: I never said ‘I wish my mother was dead’. Drew Barrymore clarifies controversial mom comments: I never said ‘I wish my mother was dead’