Drew Barrymore opens up about her "cripplingly difficult" divorce and current dating life

Drew Barrymore is opening up about her divorce from Will Kopelman and where her current dating life stands, telling People that the years following her 2016 split were extremely hard on her.

"There was no scandal," Drew explained of her and Will's breakup. "Nothing went wrong, which is cleaner, but makes it harder and more confusing because there isn't The Thing to point to. We tried so hard to make it work. [A friend] said to me, 'Divorce is the death of a dream.' That's exactly what it feels like, something so final you can't get it back."

Despite the years following her split being "cripplingly difficult," Drew said that working on her eponymous show and focusing on her kids helped ground her. "It was my kids that made me feel like it's game time," she said, adding that the show "gave me something to focus on and pour myself into. It gave us something to believe in."

When it comes to dating nowadays, Drew said "Every once in a while, I'll go on a date because it's a very human, natural thing to do. I've gone on dates where I'm like, 'Oh my God, why did I say yes to dinner? Because we haven't ordered yet, and I don't want to be here.'"

She added that "Will has his side of the street so beautifully buttoned up with our gorgeous stepmother. We've got an awesome family dynamic that proves that life goes on. Allie is my favorite person. I love her. I love us all being together. These kids have an example of one of the parents moving on and rebuilding another life for themselves. I'm like, 'Oh, I don't have to do that now? Perfect.'"