Drew Barrymore Admits To Having A Pregnancy Scare At 21

Drew Barrymore revealed some details regarding her past in a recent episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show."

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She had her “Scream” co-stars as guests, such as Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell.

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While filming the horror movie in 1996, Barrymore said she had a pregnancy scare.

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Being only 21 at the time, the actress reached out to her older co-star for advice.

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She told Cox on the show: “I remember at the poster shoot I was having a nervous breakdown because I was having a false sense of being pregnant.”

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She added, “I kept asking you, ‘How do you know if you're pregnant? We're supposed to shoot this poster, but oh my God, I just started dating somebody, and how do you know?’”

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Barrymore also said she “felt safe” in confiding to Cox as she she’s “the mature, safe person in the room” at the time.

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The “Friends” star quipped, “I was the older one and I was the right person to ask!"

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Through her marriage with ex-husband Will Kopelman, Barrymore became a mom to two kids, Olive, 9, and Frankie, 7.

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