Drew Barrymore is "not ready" for another relationship and only goes on dates "occasionally"

She told AARP The Magazine: "I date occasionally, but no way am I ready to open that door ... My girls say I should go on dates, but I also know how I felt when men were around when I was little - it didn't feel safe to me, so I'm probably overcautious from those experiences."

Drew went on to talk about stepping away from Hollywood to focus on her family - and admits she has no regrets about giving up her movie career.

She said: "I was in my early 40s, and not learning how to be my own healthy, independent individual, how to be the parent I dream to be.

"Being other people doesn't help me figure that out right now. And the long hours of doing films were hours I wouldn't have with my kids. I wasn't going to do that."

She added of her split from Kopelman: "My dream family was falling apart and I didn't know how to put one foot in front of the other. And I had grown up so fast but now I didn't know what age to feel - I just knew that my life was heavy, and painful and sad - and I sat in that for a while.

"Eventually, thank goodness, I lifted myself out of it. I had two kids and I had to figure it out."

Dreww previously opened up about her decision to quit Hollywood in a 2023 interview with the Los Angeles Times, insisting she is still not ready to come back yet.

She told the publication: "I just need to be myself. I struggle to be someone else. But I just can't see acting right now.

"I know that sounds sad and dismissive, and I hate when people are like, 'I'm retiring,' or 'This is my goodbye.' I don't want it to come off that way."