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Drew Barrymore believed she was ready for her next chapter, hook, line and sinker.
Then, she had an unexpected experience that changed it: her time of the month. As the talk show host continues her perimenopause journey, she shared insight into getting her period after a lengthy time without it.
"I can't even start today without being honest because I can't fake anything," Drew admitted on a recent episode of her Drew Barrymore Show. "I am so bloated that I feel like some carp that got brought up to the beach and I'm just that dead fish."
"I was about to hit my one-year mark for my period and get right into menopause, where I belong," she continued to cohost Ross Matthews. "I got it. I'm at 11 months. So, I'm back down to zero."
The 51-year-old—who, like other women going through perimenopause, must go 12 consecutive months without a period before formally entering menopause—didn't shy away from detailing how she's really feeling, either.
"I feel unattractive and I'm so hormonal and nothing makes sense," she emphasized, "and I'm irritable and I'm bloated and I'm emotionally unstable."
However, the one silver lining was being at her show. As she put it, "I feel a lot better because at least you know where I'm at and I always feel better after being here."
The Never Been Kissed actress—mom of Olive, 13, and Frankie, 11, with ex-husband Will Kopelman—previously shared insight into the struggles of undergoing hormonal replacement therapy at age 50, which is typically used to treat menopause symptoms.
"Everyone said it would be trial and error, and I just went through a lot of error," she told People in November. "I did not recognize the person I saw in the mirror. I was like, 'Is that the crypt keeper? No, that's me.'"
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She recalled feeling "puffy from hormones," adding, "I just didn't feel good about myself."
So, she transformed her lifestyle by adjusting her diet, prioritizing sleep, and exercising more. But most importantly, she has been sure to cut herself some slack when needed.
"I think trying to also be a little kinder to ourselves mentally," she reflected, "and not speaking so negatively inside of our own heads has been a huge help for how good I feel about myself."
Drew isn't the only star to open up about aging. Keep reading for more celebs who've shared their thoughts on getting older.
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Heidi Klum
"I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's okay. Life is about change," she told Self.
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Cameron Diaz
"There's no such thing as anti-aging. We're all aging, period. Women take it as something personal that they are getting older. They think that they failed somehow by not staying 25. This is crazy to me because my belief is that it's a privilege to get older—not everybody gets to get older," she told Access Hollywood.
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Kate Beckinsale
"Historically when women have made strides of some type, culturally things rise up to oppress them. Right now I feel like we've made a lot of strides, but nobody's allowed to age or look pregnant. I feel all of that stuff has gotten worse. It's a brilliant way to keep people enslaved, by having them horrified by themselves. Well I refuse to feel shame about being human," she told the Los Angeles Times.
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Jennifer Lopez
"When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting," she told Harper's Bazaar.
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Cindy Crawford
"I'm actually happier with my body now… because the body I have now is the body I've worked for. I have a better relationship with it. From a purely aesthetic point of view, my body was better when I was 22, 23. But I didn't enjoy it. I was too busy comparing it to everyone else's," she told Popsugar.
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Drew Barrymore
"Gravity and wrinkles are fine with me. They're a small price to pay for the new wisdom inside my head and my heart. If my breasts fall down to the floor and everything starts to sag, becoming hideous and gross, I won't worry," as she told Bustle.
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Madonna
"F--k you. I'm 50. That's what I'm going to say when I turn 50. Sorry," as she told Popsugar.
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Diane Keaton
"Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets," as the told PopSugar.
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Helen Mirren
"When you're 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it's fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it," she told Bustle.
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Jennifer Garner
"I do think about ageing. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much," she told Marie Claire UK.
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Celine Dion
"There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty," she told Ok! Magazine.
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Penelope Cruz
"Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead," as she told MarieClaire.
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Kate Winslet
"I'm baffled that anyone might not think women get more beautiful as they get older. Confidence comes with age, and looking beautiful comes from the confidence someone has in themselves," she told Net-a-Porter Magazine.
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Oprah Winfrey
"People who lie about their age are denying the truth and contributing to a sickness pervading our society—the sickness of wanting to be what you're not.... I know for sure that only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life," she wrote in O Magazine.
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Diane Von Furstenberg
"Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands.... In my older face, I see my life. Every wrinkle, every smile line, every age spot. There is a saying that with age, you look outside what you are inside. If you are someone who never smiles, your face gets saggy. If you're a person who smiles a lot, you will have more smile lines. Your wrinkles reflect the roads you have taken; they form the map of your life. My face reflects the wind and sun and rain and dust from the trips I've taken. My face carries all my memories. Why should I erase them?" she told Vogue.
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Reese Witherspoon
"But I think as a woman, you get older, you feel more confident in your sexuality. You're not as intimidated by it, not as embarrassed by it. Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin," she told Glamour.
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