"So I didn't settle with the wrong person yet. Big deal!"
While this certainly sounds like a sentiment conceived by our writers here at the Salon, this ode to freedom actually comes from a very famous CoverGirl. The fact that Drew Barrymore had enough chutzpah to speak this truth in her interview in this month's Elle magazine, tells us everything we need to know to certify that she is indeed a singlelista!
The ever-so-accomplished Barrymore has quite a list of achievements. The actor, producer, director, entrepreneur, spokesperson, and model began her acting career at 11 months old, and has been working it ever since.
Although it wasn't her first acting gig, Barrymore won our hearts in 1982 when she played the epically adorable Gertie in the sci-fi classic E.T. (Note: if you are not old enough to remember actually watching this movie, then you are not old enough to be reading this blog. In that case, we're going to kindly refer you to the Nickelodeon or Disney Channel sites. Thank you!).
With more than two decades of stardom behind her, Barrymore has managed to keep her place in both the hearts and minds of the world, by achieving true superstar status and maintaining her relevance to pop culture and permanency in showbiz.
The road for this starlet hasn't always been easy; at only 13 she battled a very public drug addiction and was labeled a Hollywood bad girl by the media (no need to re-read that. I didn't switch subjects to Lindsey Lohan. Drew's just been there, done that. Maybe there's hope for Lohan after all!). As an adult, Barrymore was married, and divorced-- twice. (Her last husband was the is-he-really-even-funny comedian, Tom Green. I must admit I wasn't sad to see them split. I always thought she was too classy for him anyway).
"If you're 35 and single and it's a choice, it feels fine." Barrymore tells Elle in the August 2010 issue.
Being the true singlelista that Barrymore is, she never let life's obstacles derail her train to happiness. With an unapologetic on-again-off-again boyfriend "situation", a resume that even movie star veterans would kill for, and enough chick flick sensations to cement her legacy in Hollywood history, Drew Barrymore continues to prove that self-love really does conquer all.
Love life...every SINGLE moment of it!
-xoxo
