Enlarge image
Drew Barrymore on Jimmy Fallon: "We've both been through a lot, we have some parallels."
Photo: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
The two women have a lot in common: When they were children, they became world famous.
Drew Barrymore at the age of seven as Gertie in Steven Spielgberg's »ET – The Extra-Terrestrial« and Britney Spears at the age of eleven in »The Mickey Mouse Club«.
Dealing with this fame was not easy for either of them.
Actress Drew Barrymore has recognized the parallels that run through her life and that of Britney Spears.
And that's why she contacted the singer.
Barrymore, 47, opened up about her special bond with Spears, 40, on Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show".
"We've both been through a lot, we have some parallels," the Hollywood star said on the show.
»We found a deep connection there.«
She contacted Spears when she was trying to end her guardianship.
"Me and Britney became friends about a year and a half ago." The two women had been talking more or less secretly for a while, which Barrymore said was "very bonding and honest."
They are now "sincere friends".
"The feeling of growing up, struggling, all the things that we both went through is something that made me feel connected to her," Barrymore said.
Spears obtained her father's removal from court last fall as her guardian.
Spears is at odds with him, but also with her mother and sister.
Barrymore was also in front of the camera as a child and has spoken about difficult relationships with her family in past interviews.
Barrymore was also among the wedding guests of Spears and her partner Sam Asghari.
Alongside her, Madonna, Selena Gomez, Donatella Versace and Paris Hilton were invited to the June ceremony.
"It was intimate, it was fairytale, it was very cute," Barrymore said.
kha/dpa