Overview
- Barrymore revisited her teen institutionalization during Friday's episode of The Drew Barrymore Show in a discussion of Wayward.
- She spent about 18 months at a Van Nuys psychiatric facility as a young teen, a period she has previously described as both revealing and healing.
- Barrymore said the stay was difficult yet life‑saving, explaining she found encouragement to speak honestly and reject crippling shame.
- She noted she later faced another personal low around age 40, underscoring that recovery can unfold in non‑linear ways.
- Martin said they entered rehab at 16 and described Wayward as loosely inspired by a friend's two‑year placement in a troubled‑teen institute, with the series now streaming on Netflix.