Drew Barrymore reveals painful split from mother: 'We can't be in each other's lives' Drew Barrymore and her mother, Jaid, in a picture from 2000. The actress says the pair can't be in each other's lives right now. DREW Barrymore has talked about her relationship with her mother, Jaid, saying the pair "can't really be in each other's lives at this point." My relationship with my mum is so complicated that ... I've always been empathetic toward my mum, and I was even more so when I had a kid and we had a really amazing conversation about it," she told Marie Claire. However, it hasn't enabled me to lessen the distance. It's the hardest subject in my life. I've never just been angry with her. I've always felt guilt and empathy and utter sensitivity. But we can't really be in each other's lives at this point. At just 15, Barrymore was legally emancipated from her parents, who she described as "erratic." Her father actor John Barrymore was absent for most of her life and died in 2004. "When I was a kid, everything was so unplanned, my parents were so erratic, and my world was so inconsistent," she told the magazine. I was 14 when I moved into my own apartment. I was so scared. I didn't know anything. I didn't know you had to throw food out when it rotted in the fridge. I was convinced someone was going to crawl through my window. I would go to the Laundromat and sit there reading Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. Now pregnant with her second daughter, Barrymore says she's revelling in the stability of life with husband Will Kopelman, 15-month-old daughter, Olive, and her husband's extended family. "I didn't think I would ever get to experience that," she said. This is so safe and positive and healthy because they have their values intact. It was huge or me. And that's what I want for my family. Drew Barrymore and her father John Barrymore Jr. are seen here in this undated photo. Given her own lonely childhood, Barrymore says she treasures her friendships. I hated growing up alone. I hated it," she admits. I don't f**k anyone over. My friends are the loves my life. Drew Barrymore says she's hit the in-laws jackpot by marrying Will Kopelman and finally has the kind of stable family she has always wanted.