In a recent interview with Health, Drew Barrymore, 45, has revealed that she has to struggle to find balance, sharing why working out is not her top priority.
Upon asking what made her want to create The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress said, “I love comedy and celebrating people. I also like the news and human interest. I don’t care if it’s naive, but I cannot try to find the good in people.”
“Health, wellness, interior design, beauty—I get to cover all these different facets of things I’ve been involved with. It’s more about spending time in my life; it’s about the pillars in life that we’re all interested in,” he added.
The current Health issue focuses on change. Barrymore was asked what does “change” mean to you, to which she replied, “Change is everything. It’s so vital. Everything is always changing, but there are also fundamentals.”
“I think 2020 made us rethink our fundamental everything. It’s hard to predict where our country will be—what will be representative of our morals,” the 50 First Dates star continued. “The only thing we have control over is ourselves, and that’s not selfish and indulgent. You only have control over how you take care of people. And I do think that’s the meaning of life. We’re here to take care of each other.”
Barrymore posts a lot about health and wellness on social media. Health asked her what is one wellness practice that she has not mastered yet? She replied, “I’ve never had balance—I think balance is an elusive bitch who has evaded me my entire life.”
“I’m just ready to wrestle her to the ground and have an old-fashioned, hair-pulling girl fight with her,” she added. “I’m the most wrecking-ball pendulum of extremes, with no pretty little middle.”
However, Barrymore started to win that battle by pinning it down. “I’ve got her pinned down right now,” she said. “It feels better than usual. [The past year] has been, in a lot of ways, a really healthy year for me, ironically, considering everything going on. I exercise, and I had already gained the weight everyone else talked about gaining—I had been doing that every year prior.”
“I’m not a straight arrow, so I will never be all one thing – eating the perfect food and working out every day,” the actress continued. “I just will never be that person. Between my kids and work, I don’t have the time in life. But I realized that if I’m more consistent about it and carve out the time for it, it leads to a better life. Before, it was all workout or none. And that really didn’t suit me.”
“I had to prioritize it, but I will tell you, it is, like, third on my list. It probably should be first, but it’s, like, kids and work are probably rivals,” she added. “But I’m glad about that, because years ago working out was, like, number 24 on the list. Actually, my health is fourth on the list—my friendships are third. But, hey, it’s in the top five—so that’s good.” You can find more about the interview on Health.
