Drew Barrymore spent her 46th birthday on Monday, talking about disturbing details of her 18-month period in a 13-year-old psychiatric ward. (Watch the video below.)
“You could not crawl around there,” the actor told Howard Stern in his radio program. “If you did, you would be thrown into the padded room or tied up in the stretcher and tied up.”
Barrymore said she sometimes channeled her “inner riots grrrl” to incite fellow patients to rebels.
According to the stars “ET” and “50 First Dates”, she forgave her mother, Jaid Barrymore, for putting her there.
“I went to my clubs and did not go to school and stole my mother’s car, and you know, I was out of control,” she said.
‘She created a monster and she did not know what to do with the monster, and that was her last gasp. And I was really out of control. And I forgive her for making this choice. She probably felt like she had nowhere to go. ‘
Barrymore, who had previously discussed being institutionalized after drug addiction and attempted suicide, received legal emancipation from her mother at age 14. She told Stern that they are now in contact after a long alienation.
“We sent an SMS this morning,” she said. “I’m really glad there’s healing.”