Talk show host Drew Barrymore is beginning to ponder what her life will look like when she eventually retires from entertainment.
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Drew Barrymore Gets Candid About Retirement
Earlier this month, Barrymore had wrestling legend John Cena as a guest on her talk show. She admitted to the former champ that she "doesn't know how and when to let go," before adding that she doesn't want to retire yet.
Cena spent more than two decades in the WWE before his retirement from in-ring competition in December 2025. So she looked to the legend for advice on how to accept when it's time to walk away.
"And I was just curious, like how you decided to retire from wrestling," she asked (via PEOPLE).
In Cena's response, he said that as much as he loved wrestling, he never wanted to sacrifice his legacy by doing "bad work."
"It's when — when your beliefs line up, that it's the right choice," Cena responded. "I want to be in the ring forever. I want to be there now. I love it. I'll always love it. I also made a promise to myself to not do bad work. To not selfishly hang on for my own ego, and just to feed my own thing, and take away from everybody else."
The movie star's talk show debuted in 2020. However, Barrymore has literally been in the spotlight for most of her life. Her film debut came in 1980 in the horror movie Altered States. Two years later, Barrymore had her breakthrough role in Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. That same year, she became the youngest ever host of Saturday Night Live.
So now, at 51 years old, walking away from the spotlight could seem a little awkward. However, previously, Barrymore took a step back to focus on her kids.
"Being other people doesn't help me figure that out right now," she added. "And the long hours of doing films were hours I wouldn't have with my kids. I wasn't going to do that."
So she already has some experience with it.
