Drew Barrymore just can’t stop crying! On this morning’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress-turned-talk show host broke down over her 13-year-old guest’s love for his mother, marking the second time this week she’s brought on the waterworks.
Throughout the show, Barrymore and Shark Tank star Daymond John highlighted small businesses. Their first guest — a young teen named Alejandro Buxton — was the founder of Smell of Love Candles, which is a business he created in honor of his mom.
“I started Smell of Love Candles [because] my mom really loved candles. Trust me, she loved her candles,” Buxton explained. “But our candles that she burned were giving her headaches. I have asthma so it would get triggered.”
According to Buxton, his mom had to toss all their candles, which made her “really sad.”
“I don’t like seeing my mom disappointed, so I wanted to create a candle for her. So it just really inspired me to create this business,” he said, before later adding, “I’m just motivated by the love that she gives me. And she motivates me.”
Barrymore’s motherly instincts immediately kicked into high-gear as tears welled up in her eyes.
“Oh, god!” she exclaimed as she turned away to hide her emotions. “I can’t wait to show my kids this episode. It’s just so inspiring. On behalf of all moms, thank you for being you.”
The actress is certainly no stranger to crying on her self-titled daytime talk show. Just this week, she sobbed during her Monday (Oct. 30) interview with Long Island Medium star Theresa Caputo.
After Barrymore opened up about signs she’s received from deceased loved ones, the psychic medium confirmed that she was, indeed, getting a visit from their spirits. The revelation made Barrymore look forward to being with her family in the afterlife.
“You just gave me an idea which is one that I never ever thought,” she told Caputo through tears. “I’ve just had such a yearning my whole life for family and all the sudden, when you talked about how somebody could be waiting for them on the other side, then maybe that is when I’ll be with my family. Because they died all before I was born and I never pictured them being there, so that was really exciting.”
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