Viewers were quick to praise Barrymore, commenting on how refreshing it was to see the topics of perimenopause and menopause being discussed more openly on such a public stage.

Last week, the 48-year-old actor sat down with Gayle King to speak about their personal experiences with perimenopause – the time when the body starts to make its natural transition to menopause.

“I realised that I was in perimenopause when I started having my period every two weeks,” Barrymore shared during the Facing Fertility series. “One doctor also just told me this could last, in the worst-case scenario, 10 years. And I was like, I will never make it 10 years like this!”

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