Drew Barrymore talked about her love life on her daytime talk show show this week.
The ET actress shared with guest Kate Hudson that she had an ‘open relationship’ with actor Luke Wilson in the late 1990s.
Drew and Luke made the movie Home Fries together and reportedly dated from 1997 until 1999.
Open: Drew Barrymore shared with guest Kate Hudson that she had an ‘open relationship’ with actor Luke Wilson in the late 1990s
The Drew Barrymore Show conversation about Owen began when Drew said she first met Kate when they ‘were young and wild.’
Kate interjected: ‘Oh yeah. I think it was at a bar restaurant. Chez Jay’s in Santa Monica with a Wilson.’
Drew, 46, then clarified: ‘With Luke Wilson. And you were doing [the 2003 film] Alex & Emma together, I think, and I was dating him but I think he was also dating other people. It was an open relationship, we were young.’
On screen: The stars worked together on the movie Home Fries in 1997
The plot: Dorian (Wilson) and Angus (Jake Busey) chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather’s mistress, Sally (Barrymore) who is pregnant
Nothing serious: Barrymore finished with: ‘You are not taking it all so seriously, and it was fun. We had the best time.’ Hudson then agreed it was the ‘best time’
That is when Kate offered: ‘I’ve been there with a Wilson too.’
Drew did not prod any further about Kate’s romance with Owen Wilson, 53.
Kate and Owen dated from 2006 until 2007 but were very quiet about their romance, only posing together for the red carpet of their film You, Me And Dupree.
Just fun: Drew and Luke made the movie Home Fries together and reportedly dated from 1997 until 1999
Around the time of their split in 2007 Owen tried to commit suicide; later he said he was very depressed at the time and his brother Andrew stayed with him, helping him get back on his feet.
She has never admitted to the romance before, though she told Vogue over a decade ago that she found him ‘a lovely person.’
Drew continued to look back at the past.
Yes, it is true: Kate dated Owen Wilson but has never admitted to it. But on Thursday’s Drew Barrymore Show, the blonde beauty confirmed that she had romanced him
She said been there, done that: ‘I’ve been there with a Wilson,’ the Bride Wars actress told her talk show host pal Drew
‘It’s so fun because when you are young it’s low stakes. We are just young, we are having fun. We are just playing, acting, hanging out.’
Barrymore finished with: ‘You are not taking it all so seriously, and it was fun. We had the best time.’
Hudson then agreed it was the ‘best time.’
Kate has had an interesting romantic life. She was wed to Chris Robinson and engaged to Matt Bellamy. She also dated Heath Ledger, Dax Shepard, Alex Rodriguez, Lance Armstrong and Derek Hough.
Hudson is now engaged to Danny Fujikawa with whom she has daughter Rani Rose.
They worked together on a film: Kate made the movie You, Me And Dupree with Owen; seen at the premiere in 2006
Fun on set: Here Owen and Kate are seen during a scene from the comedy from 2006
Wild times: The Drew Barrymore Show conversation about Owen began when Drew said she first met Kate when they ‘were young and wild.’ Seen in 2007 in NYC
The good life: She instead said, ‘It’s so fun because when you are young it’s low stakes. We are just young, we are having fun. We are just playing, acting, hanging out’
The daughter of Goldie Hawn then discussed how she looked up to Drew during her early years.
‘You have been in the spotlight your whole life and as a little girl looking at actresses, Drew is one of them where you are like, for any young girl my age it was like Drew Barrymore,’ said Kate.
Look alike? The Almost Famous star then shared: ‘I remember sitting and like I used to get people saying, “Oh you kind of look like Drew Barrymore”‘
The Almost Famous star then shared: ‘I remember sitting and like I used to get people saying, “Oh you kind of look like Drew Barrymore.” Which is why I ended up doing you on SNL.
‘They were like, “Can you do Drew Barrymore?” And I was like, “I don’t think so.”
But she did.
The SNL skit saw Will Ferrell play Host James Lipton on Inside The Actors Studio as Kate played a red headed Drew.
Tune in Thursday, January 27, 2022 to The Drew Barrymore Show.
Mutual admiration society: The daughter of Goldie Hawn then discussed how she looked up to Drew during her early years. ‘You have been in the spotlight your whole life and as a little girl looking at actresses, Drew is one of them where you are like, for any young girl my age it was like Drew Barrymore,’ said Kate