{"id":13,"date":"2026-01-23T18:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:48:37","slug":"from-cleaning-toilets-and-mental-institution-to-hollywood-stardom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"From cleaning toilets and mental institution to Hollywood stardom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"766\">Barrymore\u2019s fame began almost before she could walk, appearing in commercials as a baby and becoming a global star by age seven after roles in <em data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"428\">Altered States<\/em> and <em data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"439\">E.T.<\/em> Behind the scenes, her childhood was chaotic, marked by absent parenting, alcoholism, and early exposure to drugs and nightlife. By her early teens, she was battling addiction, attempted suicide, and spent 18 months in a mental institution\u2014an experience she later said saved her life by teaching her discipline and boundaries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"768\" data-end=\"1171\">At 14, she legally separated from her parents and lived independently by 15. Despite early stardom, she became unemployable as a teenager, working menial jobs before slowly rebuilding her career. Her adulthood included public rebellion, failed marriages, and reinvention, eventually leading her to iconic success as the queen of romantic comedies in films like <em data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1149\">The Wedding Singer<\/em> and <em data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1170\">50 First Dates<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1489\">Motherhood reshaped her priorities, prompting her to step back from acting to focus on raising her daughters. Though criticized for admitting she couldn\u2019t \u201cdo it all at once,\u201d Barrymore stood by her choice. Today, she is a successful actress, talk-show host, entrepreneur, and mother, worth an estimated $85 million.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1491\" data-end=\"1676\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Her story is one of resilience, growth, and transformation\u2014from a troubled child star to a grounded, self-aware woman who, at 50, says she\u2019s finally found peace and freedom in her life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Barrymore\u2019s fame began almost before she could walk, appearing in commercials as a baby and becoming a global star by age seven after roles in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/?p=13\" title=\"From cleaning toilets and mental institution to Hollywood stardom\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amazefeed.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}