“The Substance” Star Demi Moore

Air Date: Friday, September 13^th

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Photo Credit: The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean     

Preview Clip:

Demi & Drew on Finding Closure with Their Parents

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Drew: When you had the opportunity to have closure and healing with your mom, why did you take it?

Demi: You know, there was something, I had somewhat of an estranged relationship at the point that I heard that my mother had cancer and was dying. First of all the nature of our relationship, I didn't trust it. I thought it was maybe a scam which is already like a weird thing to experience. I just, when I got the call, there was an intuition and instinct that said you need to go and be there. I had already gotten to a place where I didn't have anger towards her. I really was in a certain level of acceptance even though there was still more healing that needed to be done. And it was the greatest gift I, I went and ended up taking care of her for the last three and a half months of her life. She never really apologized, she never was able to get to that place even within herself but what she did say was ‘I wish it could have been different,’ which told me that she knew that not everything was ok and that was enough. That was it and I didn't expect it so it was a beautiful gift. We at the very end we threw birthday parties for her every week, there was a lot of humor. And so, I feel like I walked away with more of her than I had when I went in.

Drew: And you were different, and I think that knowing that you had, that made me feel so whole because I'm getting to do that with my mom in real time and I got to do it with my dad. And he never apologized, but he looked at my feet and he said, ‘You are made perfectly.’ And that was as much as he could convey at that point. And I just, I hold that moment so sacrosanct. And I know that if I had held on to stubborn resentments and denied myself these whole filling healing experiences, that would have been regrettable for me personally.