"I'm not a person who needs sex": Drew Barrymore confides in his abstinence since 2016

"I'm not a person who needs sex," actress Drew Barrymore said in an intimate testimonial of her happiness at being sober.

The text, entitled “Rebels who love”, was published on his personal blog, Drew Barrymore Blog, and relayed by the

website on October 16.

“A kind of traditional family mourning”

“I wrote a very personal story!”.

On her Instagram account, the actress, known in particular for her role in the film

, shared a photo of her holding her computer, to encourage her subscribers to read her latest blog post.

At 47, she recounts her sexual abstinence since her divorce in 2016 from Will Kopelman, the father of her daughters Olive and Frankie (10 and 8 years old).

"I needed to stay single to honor a kind of traditional family bereavement that I swore to myself to provide for my daughters," she wrote as context.

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Since then, Steven Spielberg's goddaughter has been focusing on her celibacy, her self-esteem and her two daughters … And "this stage does not include men", she declared, serene, after the discovery with the help of his psychologist, that "sex is not love", but "the expression of love".

"At nearly 48, I have a different view of intimacy than when I was young," she continued to explain.

I haven't had any role model parent figures, and I've been involved in adult relationships since I was a kid!

I was looking for presence, validation, excitement, fun, hedonism, fun, and adventures!”

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The actress wrote this text following an episode of her show

, which aired last month.

She learned there that actor Andrew Garfield had abstained for six months to prepare for his role in the film

, and had at the time affirmed that she could easily spend years without sexual relations.

“For your information, I don't hate sex!, she wrote in response to the reactions.

I just got to a point of epiphany where love and sex just aren't the same thing."

The actress does not rule out putting an end to her abstinence one day, “all this does not mean that sex will never again become a priority for me, she tempered.

I need time."