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Drew Barrymore Interviewed Jennette McCurdy And They Shared A Lot About Their Complicated Relationships With Their Moms
Jennette opened up about her relationship with her mother in her new book <i>I'm Glad My Mom Died</i>.

Drew Barrymore Interviewed Jennette McCurdy And They Shared A Lot About Their Complicated Relationships With Their Moms

Drew Barrymore just met Jennette McCurdy — and they discovered there are a lot of parallels between their childhoods.

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“I think when it comes to our moms, we want so badly to have this relationship. It is nature, it is nurture, it’s evolution,” Drew said.

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Jennette agreed, noting that for so long she put her mom on a “pedestal” and wasn’t able to open up to her therapist about what was really happening.

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“Immediately I went into, ‘Well, she did this, but it’s because she’s such a good mom! It’s because she wanted me to be successful!’ I was so defensive. I didn’t realize I was at the time,” Jennette said.

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Jennette’s comments opened up Drew to having an “a-ha moment,” sharing that perhaps it was “protectiveness” that she had felt toward her mom.

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“I’ve never put it in those terms in my head. It’s like I don’t want to paint her negatively. I don’t want people to think of her negatively, but the truth is tough stuff,” Drew said.

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The duo went on to lament on how they had both always wanted a “good family” but were never able to get what they needed as children.

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“It took me a long time to accept that my mom was not perfect, let alone abusive,” Jennette said.

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