'You're just that dry old bag when you talk about menopause,' Barrymore said, 'and that is the conversation, the stigma that has to change' (via toofab)
"I feel very confident, normally, and I want to be who I am and present myself," continued Barrymore."But in that moment, I thought, I have to tell this story because it was a real life experience of, I'm so proud to be here. I'm an open book. But in that one moment, I was like, 'I don't want to say what it is, because I'm engaging in someone who I want to see me a certain way.
"You're just that dry old bag when you talk about menopause," continued Barrymore, 48."And that is the conversation, the stigma that has to change. We have to make it funnier, more sexy and more safe. Because the 'aha moment' is the safe." This isn't the first time that Barrymore shared her experience with perimenopause. While speaking with guests
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