Austin Butler kindly offered to come to Drew Barrymore’s aid if her blind date went wrong.
The 48-year-old TV presenter spoke candidly about the dating scene while previewing an upcoming episode of the series. The Drew Barrymore Showin which Butler and his Masters of the Air co-star Callum Turner makes a guest appearance. Speaking to the two actors, Barrymore admitted she was preparing for “my first date in a long time,” to which Turner replied, “I’m looking forward to you tonight.”
However, Barrymore admitted she was “not” excited about the date, adding: “I’m scared of these things. “They’re clumsy.” She then revealed what the plans were, noting that “the gentleman offered to pick (her) up” before heading out for a “long dinner.”
She also shared that she has concerns about going out because of some dating advice she’s heard. “Everyone says that when you go on a date with someone, don’t have dinner. Have a drink, but I don’t know which is better,” she said.
Butler then stepped in to disagree, explaining: “I like dinner, then you know if it doesn’t work out. You can have a real conversation.” After sharing his confidence that Barrymore would “have a good time” on the date, Charlie’s Angels the star asked what she should do if this doesn’t happen.
“What if you feel strange vibrations right outside the gate? So what?” she asked, before Turner jokingly told her to “run” if that happened. Elvis Then the star gave her recommendations on how to cope with the situation.
“You go to the bathroom and call a friend and he calls you out of the blue,” Butler said, before Barrymore asked him if he could do it for her. He then agreed to help the TV presenter get away from his date if he needed it, adding: “I’ll be your friend.”
Barrymore went on to admit that she gets “very nervous” about dating, explaining that she had “never met” the person she was dating. After she confirmed she was dating someone she met through a dating app, Butler said he was “really excited to hear news” about the development.
However 50 first dates The star said she still wants Butler to be her “free call to get out of here” if she needs it. He responded by agreeing again, saying, “Just text me and I’ll call you.”
This isn’t the first time Barrymore has spoken openly about her experiences using dating apps. During the episode The Drew Barrymore Show In a segment that aired earlier this month, she said she was caught by someone pretending to be a quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams. She began her story by describing how she first messaged him about the team after noticing his dating profile.
“So I texted him and said, ‘Oh my God, I went to my first practice game.’ I was so upset because I’m a girl from Los Angeles who loves soccer and we didn’t have any teams and then I moved to New York and we got two teams and it’s nice to meet you. My name is Drew,” she said.
However, she said she later learned that he “was not a quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams” and that he was “a musician who thought he was cute.” She also clarified that while she wasn’t trying to “acquire a football player,” she was simply initially interested in talking about sports with the person. She then confirmed that she lost interest in him after he lied about being a footballer.
“And then the guy said, ‘Hey, Drewski,’ and I was like, ‘I hate you.’ You made me feel stupid. I do not know who are you. No, I feel so stupid. Why did we have to get off this foot? I hate you,” she concluded.
Back in 2022, Barrymore confirmed that she was dating again after six years of being single. A few weeks later, she talked about the benefits of bad dates and how nice it was to be back again.
“I kind of zoned out for a while,” Barrymore said. Entertainment tonight in December 2022. “I take breaks and then I say, ‘You know what? I’m ready to try it again.” I’m just open to the idea again because in my dating life I hibernate like a bear. I’ll turn off the application. In my world this will not happen… You have seasons and seasons. “I feel like I’m having a season.”
Although she is not in a public relationship, Barrymore has been married before, as she split from husband of four years, Will Kopelman, in 2016. Before the split, the former couple had two children: Olive, 11, and Frankie, nine.
She was also married twice in the ’90s, as she and Tom Green split in 1995 after a year of marriage. She married Jeremy Thomas in 1994, but announced their separation only weeks later.