Drew Barrymore is seen in a RARE family photo with daughters Olive, eight, and Frankie, six, as well as ex-husband Will Kopelman: ‘Wrapped up in love’
Drew Barrymore was seen sharing a rare candid moment with her adorable daughters.
The 45-year-old talk show host posted a photo with her two children to her Instagram account on Sunday alongside her ex-husband Will Kopelman.
The now deleted photo showed eight-year-old Olive and six-year-old Frankie enjoying some fireside s’mores with their parents.
Family bonding: Drew Barrymore shared this rare glimpse as her daughters, eight-year-old Olive and six-year-old Frankie, alongside ex-husband Will Kopelman in an Instagram post on Sunday
The foursome cuddled up together in the sand to make the delicious sweet treats.
Drew was clad in a casual Hawaii sports t-shirt and purple sweatpants.
The actress included the picture as part of a sweet gallery also featuring famous friends Cameron Diaz, Jimmy Fallon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Richie.
The Valentine’s Day post paid tribute to all of the special people in the star’s life.
‘#REMEMBERCLOSENESS is an unused hashtag. Let’s fill it TODAY!!!!’, she captioned the post. ‘I miss my galentines and family and CLOSENESS today. Let’s remember the times where we didn’t think about cramming in! Smooshing. Snuggling. Nuzzled and cozy and free.’
Keeping it private: The 45-year-old talk show host told People in 2020 that she keeps her children’s lives out of the public eye ‘because of my life experiences, I’m not selling my brand on my kids’
‘I need these reminders because it’s all becoming a surreal blur and I can’t take it… so let’s cram this hashtag with pictures of TOGERTHERNESS AND HUGS AND KISSES AND DOGPILES of goodness!!!!! Let’s #REMEMBERCLOSENESS these pictures are my treasures. And I just needed to put them out to try and get something positive started that reminded myself of how we used to love and live,’ the caption continued.
‘HAPPY VALENTINES!!!!! I want to spend it wrapped up in love. Even if only in memories and pictures,” concluded Barrymore. “It is real!!!!!!!!’
The former couple have co-parented their two children since announcing their separation in April 2016 after four years of marriage.
The 42-year-old Kopelman recently became engaged to Vogue editor Alexandra Michler.
Joys of motherhood: Drew posted this touching tribute to her daughter Olive in April to show the 8-year-old putting her photography skills to the test for a photo shoot promoting her cosmetics brand Flower Beauty
Growing up: The former child star’s kids – who she called her ‘entire universe’ – have been growing up so fast. The private family was seen here at a Baby2Baby event in 2014.
Drew and Will have chosen to keep their daughters’ lives mostly out of the public eye, telling People in 2020 that her daughters are not a promotional tool.
‘My life with my children, my feelings, that’s all on the table — but [Olive and Frankie themselves] are not,’ she explained. ‘Because of my life experiences, I’m not selling my brand on my kids. I won’t do it. But to ignore that part of my life would make me an automaton. So it’s really inventive to figure out how to bring them into the omelet and fold it in, in a way that feels appropriate for me.’
The former child star revealed her decision came from her own life being public fodder since she was young. ‘I started [in this industry] when I was in diapers,’ she said.
‘At 13, it was that sad sob story. And then I picked myself back up. I’ve been married, I’ve gotten divorced, I’ve raised myself, for better or worse. I have these two girls who are my entire universe. And it has all been out there.’
Mother-daughter bond: Drew has said she gets ‘inventive to figure out how to bring them into the omelet’ when it comes to involving her children with her very public life and career