Drew Barrymore Reveals the Job She Wanted Had She Not Landed Her Own Talk Show
etonline.comDrew Barrymore almost had the chance to bring her design eye to the masses!In an interview for ' issue — done before the SAG-AFTRA strike — the daytime talk show host revealed that after stepping away from acting, she had another career in mind. «There was a long period of time when I thought I could go into interior design and that would make me happy,” she tells the magazine. „I could do all my thrifting and shopping; I could make things unique, I won’t ever be cookie-cutter.
I thought I could even do a show around it. And that’s where I was headed when this woman called and was like, 'Would you ever consider doing a talk show?'“Barrymore, 48, has hosted since 2020.
This September will mark the fourth season. While she opted out of the design career, the star says that she makes sure that, like her home, her studio makes her guests „feel invited.“ „I didn’t want this, like, bizarre interview dynamic that I’ve been on the other side of my whole life, where you’re just expected to tell anecdotal stories,“ she says.
Sure enough, in the home that Barrymore shares with her daughters, Olive, 10, and Frankie, 9, everyone can relax.»When people come in here, I want them to feel like they can put their feet up and never leave — no uptightness and no fancy sofas," she says.
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