Why Drew Barrymore Is 'So Excited' About Turning 50: 'I Have No Issues with Aging' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Drew Barrymore on Sept. 9, 2024.Photo:Steven Ferdman/Getty

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Drew Barrymorecan’t wait to turn 50.

The actress is the cover star ofAARP The Magazine’s February/March 2025 issue, reflecting on her upcoming milestone birthday, her career and personal life.

“It can’t come soon enough,” she said of her birthday. “I feel like Frodo [inThe Lord of the Rings]: I see that brass ring and I’m so excited! I have no issues with aging — this is the happiest I’ve been in my life.”

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The host ofThe Drew Barrymore Showgot emotional in avideointerview withAARP The Magazinewhile discussing her evolving perspective on aging and her goals for the future.

“You just realize you’re gonna live X amount of years, if you’re lucky, and I would like to live the second half of my life like the B side a record, not the same way as the A side,” the star said in the video.

“My whole life I’ve been worried and stressed and, like, happy and having the best time ever. I would have never guessed that I would feel peace,” Barrymore added through tears. “… This last decade has been the most ass-kicking and furthering of my life, and it is finally bringing peace.”

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Drew Barrymore.courtesy of AARP The Magazine

courtesy of AARP The Magazine

Speaking to PEOPLE in April 2024, Barrymore shared what she would want to tell her younger self.

“If I had tried to give advice to my younger self, I wouldn’t have listened! When you’re young, you think you know everything, and I was very stubborn and rebellious, so I not only didn’t listen to advice, whatever advice I got, I just basically did the opposite,” she said at the time.

“But I would like this little girl to know that she will be a good mom and she will really care about her kids,” she added.

source: people.com