Austin Butler has sweetly offered to come to Drew Barrymore’s rescue if her blind date goes bad.
The 48-year-old TV host spoke candidly about the dating scene during a preview of the upcoming episode. The Drew Barrymore ShowIn which Butler et al Masters of the Air Co-star, Calum Turner, guests. Speaking to the two actors, Barrymore admitted she was preparing for “her first date in a long time”, to which Turner replied: “I’m excited for you tonight.”
However, Barrymore admitted she wasn’t excited about the date, adding: “I’m afraid of these things. They’re awkward.” She then described what the plans were, noting that “the gentleman offered to pick (her) up”, before going out for a “long dinner”.
She also shared that she was worried about the outing because of some of the dating advice she had heard. “Everyone says when you go on a date, don’t have dinner. Have a drink, but I don’t know any better,” she said.
Butler then chimed in to disagree, explaining: “I like dinner, then you know it doesn’t work. You can really talk.” After sharing her belief that Barrymore would have a “great time” on the date, Charlie’s Angels Starr asked what he should do if that doesn’t happen.
“What if you get weird vibes right out of the gate? Then what?” she asked, with Turner jokingly telling her to “run” if that happened. Tea Elvis The star then recommended how to handle the situation.
“You go to the bathroom and you call a friend, and you ask them to make you a surprise call,” Butler said, adding that Barrymore asked her if she could do the same for her. He then agreed to help the TV host get out of the date if needed, adding: “I’ll be your friend.”
Barrymore admitted that she gets “very nervous” on dates, explaining that she “never met” the person she was going out with. As she confirmed she was going out with someone she met through a dating app, Butler said she was “excited to get updates” on the occasion.
However, the 50 first dates Starr said he still wants Butler to be a “free call to get out of here” if he needs to. In response, he once again agreed, saying: “Just send me a text and I’ll call.”
This isn’t the first time Barrymore has opened up about her experiences on dating apps. During an episode of The Drew Barrymore Show which aired earlier this month, she revealed that she had been catfished by someone pretending to be the quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams. She begins her story by describing what first messaged her about the team after considering his dating profile.
“So I texted him, and I was like: ‘Oh my God, I went to the first practice game. I was so frustrated being a girl from Los Angeles who loved football, and we didn’t have a team, and then I moved to New York, and then we got two teams, and it’s nice to meet you. My name is Drew,” she said.
However, she said she later found out he was “not the quarterback for the LA Rams” and that he was “a musician who thought he was cute.” She also clarified that while she wasn’t trying to “land a football player,” she was initially interested in talking to the man about the game. She later confirmed that she lost interest in him after falling in love with him being a football player.
“And then the guy was like: ‘Hey Drewsky’ and I was like: ‘I hate you. You make me feel stupid. I don’t know who you are. I’m not – I feel so stupid. Why had to get off? I hate you,” she concluded.
Back in 2022, Barrymore confirmed that she was dating again after six years of being single. Weeks later, she opened up about the benefits of bad dates, and how she was feeling better about coming back from them.
“I was off for a while,” Barrymore said. Entertainment Tonight In December 2022. “I take a break and then I’m like: ‘You know what? I’m ready to try this again.’ I’m open to the idea again, because I hibernate like a bear in my dating life. I will close the app. In my world I wouldn’t have that…you have on and off seasons. I feel like my season is on.”
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 their split, the former couple welcomed 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. In 1994, she married Jeremy Thomas, but announced their breakup just a few weeks later.