Drew Barrymore Says Chip and Joanna Gaines Make Her Rethink Being ‘Aggressively Single’
Drew Barrymore’s hanging out with Chip and Joanna Gaines. The actor-turned-talk show host traveled to Waco, Texas, to see the husband and wife couple of Fixer Upper fame. During her visit, the Blended star revealed spending time with Chip and Joanna makes her reconsider her single status.
Drew Barrymore brings ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ to Texas with Chip and Joanna Gaines
Barrymore is such a big fan of the Magnolia Network founders that she took her talk show on the road to see them. The 47-year-old kicked off Texas Week of The Drew Barrymore Show by sitting down with Chip and Joanna.
The three discussed the early days of the Fixer Upper couple’s relationship at the Silos during the Magnolia Market spring event. Barrymore’s visit included much more than interviewing Chip and Joanna. She also highlighted other Magnolia Network talent. Plus, she went to the set of Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines, where she cooked with Joanna.
The former ‘Fixer Upper’ stars make Barrymore consider dating
During an April 4 episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, Barrymore asked Joanna about her “happily ever after” while the two made a batch of Joanna’s strawberry lemon hand pies.
Joanna described a “very simple” existence where she and Chip sit on their porch after raising their five Gaines children “well.”
“I think we always say this,” the interior designer began. “That we’re sitting on that same porch in those rocking chairs watching the sun go down saying, ‘We did it well.’ All our kids off and gone in a really healthy, good way but saying, ‘We did it well.’ That’s it. It’s very simple.”
“But we’re still holding hands and we still really like each other,” she added with a laugh. Barrymore explained that seeing them so happy makes her consider dating again.
“See, I’m so aggressively single but when I’m around you and Chip it makes me go, ‘Maybe I should spreadage my wingage,’” she said. “Like, he still says I love you all the time, kisses and I love you. Can he teach men?”
Joanna replied that she’s actually told Chip he needs to “write a book on how to treat a woman.” Upon hearing this, Barrymore joked about using a “thirst trap” photo of Joanna on the cover which, according to Joanna, “he would love.”
“He’s just a doll,” she added, calling her husband of nearly 20 years “sweet.”
Barrymore ‘loves’ dating but doesn’t do it ‘often’
Just because Barrymore is “aggressively single,” doesn’t mean she hasn’t dated in recent years. Although, as she admitted in 2022, her ex-husband getting remarried impacted her dating life. She told ET that while she “loves” dating she doesn’t do it “very often,” citing some failed nights out.
“I think I’m averaging, like, one or two dates a year,” she said, “which feels constant in a busy life.”
“Most of them have been not so great but to me those are like funny stories and I never want people to get cynical out there,” she added, saying, “you have to be hopeful” and “you have to do it for yourself.”
