Whitney Cummings Says THIS Celebrity Helped Her Through Postpartum Depression; READ

Whitney Cummings is not afraid to talk about the toughest experiences she had to go through and also to credit the people who helped her through them. Likewise, the comedian and actress opened up about her postpartum depression and the person who helped her through it, none other than Drew Barrymore.

Cummings appeared on Barrymore’s talk show on January 16, Thursday. During the visit, she revealed she was in the “deep throes of postpartum depression” when she was asked to perform at Hollywood Squares with The Wedding Singer actress.

She revealed that after she found out Barrymore would also be on the show, she made the decision to appear in the episode, which she said “snapped” her out of it and also helped her so much.

Cummins shared that she “needed” to see other moms “working or having fun,” and it was such a big moment that healed her. The Female Brain star shared, “I think I was just putting so much pressure on myself and it really helped me kind of let it go.”

Cummins expressed that she realized that even if she messed up, they would make it fun and they would figure it out, adding that she was “confident enough” to feel like she could do it , and if she couldn’t do it, that was okay too.

The comedian revealed that she realized how much she defined herself through her “ability to make people laugh or be smart or say the thing in the moment or remember the thing the fastest, and my brain wasn’t working.” Cummings admitted she was terrified.

Barrymore, who shares two daughters, Olive and Frankie, with her ex-husband, Will Kopelman, shared how she experienced postpartum. The veteran actress revealed that she experienced isolation and didn’t know what was happening to her “chemically”.

Barrymore expressed, “I felt so confused in the most profound and beautiful ways after I had my children,” adding that she didn’t know “who” she was supposed to be and so she “didn’t know how to work. “

The performer mentioned that she felt like not being able to “relate” to her friends in a similar way anymore.

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