Drew Barrymore Is Open to Finding Love in 2026, Wants to Date Someone ‘Healthy and Sober’ (Exclusive)

Drew Barrymore hasn’t given up on finding love.

A source tells Star that the daytime talk show host, who has been married and divorced three times, is open to dating in 2026 — as long as that special someone is “healthy and sober.”

“Drew’s personal life, or what’s left of it after her 80-hour work week, is dominated by her focus on healthy living,” explains the source. “She takes this stuff incredibly seriously and anybody who is entering her dating orbit has to as well. It’s a requirement Drew is totally up-front about.”

The actress, 50, opened up about her decision to get sober in a 2022 essay for her magazine Drew. “One of the bravest things you can do is slay those dragons and finally change an awful cycle in which you’ve found yourself stuck,” she wrote, per Entertainment Tonight. “For me, it was to stop drinking.”

In addition to abstaining from alcohol, Barrymore has also made self-care a major priority. “Eating clean, getting enough sleep and managing stress are the things she focuses on,” says the source. “Some of this is just a survival mechanism because getting the flu can mean her show goes dark for a week or two but ever since the pandemic, she’s been increasingly focused on health.”

The child star has come a long way from her hell-raising days in Hollywood. A former Studio 54 regular, Barrymore had her first drink at just 9 years old and started using cocaine and marijuana at age 12. The next year, she went to rehab, the first of two stints.

“Drew’s a very different woman now and she needs a man who can keep up with her busy but health focused lifestyle,” the source says of the single mom of two, who shares daughters Olive, 13, and Frankie, 11, with ex-husband Will Kopelman. “She doesn’t want to be single forever, but she’s got extremely high standards for anybody she allows to get close to her.”