Drew Barrymore on Postpartum Depression: ‘I Really Got Under the Cloud’

Drew, 40, who is married to Will Kopelman, said her PND was short-lived.

Barrymore is one of the many celebrities who have spoken out recently about their struggles with postpartum depression.

Drew Barrymore opened up to People about why she will not let her kids act until they are 18. “The second time, I was like, ‘Oh, whoa, I see what people talk about now”. Now the mother of two has said that she’s uneasy about letting her daughter’s go into the acting profession.

The actress, and recent star of the well-received Miss You Already, welcomed her second daughter, Olive, into the world 18 months ago, a younger sister for her first daughter Frankie, now 3.

Meanwhile, the Miss You Already star has admitted she’s still “trying to figure out” how to parents her little girls.

“It was just really challenging and I felt overwhelmed”.

Even after becoming an emancipated adult by the age of 15, Barrymore says she’s grateful for the invaluable lessons she learned about herself as an actress and a person along the way. You know, in like the Broadway Babies class and it’s the one-hit wonders day, and they’re singing I don’t even know what song, and we’re all doing our lollipop drums and I just thought, “Save it until after class.’ One thing at a time”. I made a lot of decisions and I definitely changed my work life to suit my parenthood.

Ultimately, when asked to describe life with her husband and children, Barrymore had a simple response: “It’s ideal and totally imperfect”.

“It does feel important to me because I do think we have a responsibility to the younger generation of women”, Winslet tells E! “But I would by no means poo-poo a thing I love so much!”, she said.