Drew Barrymore’s daughter used ‘Playboy’ photos because of the crop top rule
Drew Barrymore‘s daughter tried to reason with her by bringing up a moment from her past.
“My daughter wants to wear a crop top, I say, ‘No,’ and she says, ‘You were on the cover of Playboy” Barrymore, 49, said during the Tuesday, February 27, episode of The Drew Barrymore Show in conversation with Christina Aguilera.
Barrymore, who shares daughters Olive, 11, and Frankie, 9, with ex-husband Will Kopelmanwas on the cover of Playboy in 1995.
Aguilera, 43, could identify with Barrymore’s anecdote. (Aguilera shares son Max, 16, with ex-husband Jordan Bratman and daughter Summer, 9, with fiancé Matthew Rutler.)
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“I knew it was coming the day I wore chaps,” Aguilera said. “My daughter also wants to wear a crop top. And I’m like, ‘Can we just pull it down?’ I see myself doing that, for example. But I guess I always try to teach her that certain people have good and bad intentions.
She continued, “I don’t want her in any way to be scared and terrified of the world and everyone being a bad person because they’re not. But I also think it’s important for her to have a strong sense of self, but also to be very powerful about her body and ultimately [what] will be her sexuality. So I want her to really get to know herself first.”
Aguilera added that the chaps – which she wore for her “Dirrty” music video – and Barrymore’s Playboy cover were both empowering for them at the time.
“We expressed ourselves and how we felt was what was best for us at the time.” Aguilera said, and Barrymore interjected, “I loved every minute of it.”
Aguilera continued, “We didn’t do it for anyone else and then there are so many labels and judgments that say, ‘Oh, you’re doing it for a man.’ No, you’re making it about that story in your own head. That has nothing to do [with it] … It’s empowering to be a woman and embrace your body and anything that makes you feel good or feminine. But that is up to you to be able to embrace that.”
Barrymore previously opened up about her decision to pose on the cover of Playboy at age 19, saying during a February 2023 episode of her talk show that she “took [her] power back.”
“When I was doing Playboy and loving it and having so much fun and [I] don’t regret anything and enjoy it,” she said. “I didn’t know I would have children later.”