Drew Barrymore talks dating while aging, criticizes 'dusty, old, dry thing' stigma
foxnews.comDrew Barrymore got candid about the stigmas that surround dating at an older age during a recent panel. Barrymore, 48, joined Maria Shriver, Dr.
Sharone Malone, Dr. Heather Hirsch and Dr. Judith Joseph and Oprah Winfrey to talk about menopause Wednesday. During the panel, Barrymore revealed she hesitated to tell a man she was on a date with about the upcoming discussion. "There’s something in that stigma that I don’t want you to think I’m some dusty, old, dry thing.That’s not the image I want," she said, according to Entertainment Tonight.
Barrymore has been open about experiencing perimenopause symptoms and even experienced her first hot flash on her show. Perimenopause refers to the time around menopause where women begin to experience the transition to menopause, according to the Mayo Clinic. "I feel very confident, normally, and I want to be who I am and present myself," she said. "But in that moment, I thought, 'I have to tell this story because it was a real-life experience of, I'm so proud to be here.' I'm an open book.
But in that one moment, I was like, 'I don't want to say what it is because I'm engaging in someone who I want to see me a certain way.'" The talk show host noted women should "rebrand" the word menopause. "If Mark Zuckerberg could rebrand Facebook to Meta, maybe we can do this for menopause.
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