Drew Barrymore says she ‘absolutely worships’ her ex-husband’s new wife

Drew Barrymore has made a series of unexpected remarks about her ex-husband’s new wife in the latest episode of Dax Shepard’s podcast.

Drew Barrymore is a big fan of her ex-husband Will Kopelman’s new wife, Alexandra “Allie” Michler.

“She knows that I absolutely worship the ground she walks on, and I’m her biggest cheerleader,” Barrymore, 46, said on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast this week.

While the actress turned talk show host noted that she does not “try to be [Michler’s] best friend,” she thinks the Vogue fashion initiatives director, 34, is the “most amazing woman, this incredible woman.”

“I just feel like I won the lottery with her. Like, I really did,” Barrymore added. “I feel like I’m lucky that there’s this new beautiful soul that came into our lives.”

Barrymore says she ‘worships’ her ex-husband’s new wife, Allie Michler, pictured here at the Met Gala earlier this month. Picture: Getty Images.

Michler and art consultant Kopelman, 43, wed in late August.

Barrymore and Kopelman share daughters Olive, 9, and Frankie, 7, both of whom served as flower girls during their father’s latest wedding.

The E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial star told Shepard, 46, that she tries to give her ex-husband “space,” but she does still hang out with him and his new bride.

Will Kopelman and Drew Barrymore were married from 2012 to 2016. Picture: Getty Images.

“We do dinners with all the kids, birthdays. We might take a trip together,” she explained. “We’re finding our way in a beautiful, slow, respectful manner.”

Case in point: Shortly after their wedding, Michler and Kopelman joined Barrymore and the exes’ daughters for a family night out to see Hamilton on Broadway.

“I’m just so lucky because she came into Will’s life and got to know my daughters very well and very real, saw all the warts and all the hearts, everything in between,” the actress said.

The exes share two daughters. Picture: Splash News.

“Literally was like, ‘I choose you.’ It’s a miracle, and I know miracles exist because I was so devastated that our relationship didn’t work out because I wanted this.”

Kopelman was married to the Never Been Kissed star from June 2012 to August 2016, when they decided to split amicably in an uncontested divorce that took just three weeks to finalise.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and is reproduced here with permission

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