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In an incredibly relatable moment, Drew Barrymore opened upabout the “mayhem” she experienced when taking her daughters, Frankie, two-years-old, andOlive, four-years-old, to visit Disney. The 41-year-old star laughed during her appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers as she recalled her family's trips toboth Disneyland and Disney World. While the two adventures were glossed with yourtypical dose of Disney magic, Drew revealed how things took ahilarious turn both times when her daughter Olive had a meltdown.
Overall, the Santa Clarita Diet actress wasoverjoyed to be taking her children to the “most magical place on earth.” “Ijust had tears of joy seeing their joy,” she told Seth Meyers. However, as most parents probably know, after a long day of walking around Disney there comes amoment where the magic dissipates and the drama bubbles up. “If you’ve ever taken your kids to Disneyland or DisneyWorld, it all ends at some point in, like… mayhem,” Drew said smiling.
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Uponthat, Seth held up a photo of Olive and her mom in Tomorrowland at Walt DisneyWorld. “This seems to be a moment where you caught the mayhem,” the host saidof the photo, which showed Olive laying on the ground in tears, wearing somekind of princess dress, while Drew stood beside her. “That is a legitimatepicture of my daughter just losing it on the floor,” Drew said, eliciting laughterfrom the studio audience. “In this case, she wanted to chase a duck or like anegret… some interesting bird.”
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The actress, who shares parenting duties with her ex-husband Will Kopelman, continued to discuss the photo, saying: “In hindsight, as a parent, youhave these revelations like, ‘I should’ve let her catch it… cause sheeither would have and been satisfied, or she wouldn’t have been and been mad atthe duck and not her mom who tried to stop her from chasing the bird. I sayjust let ’em chase it and see what happens.”
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Next, Seth brought out a similar picture, which displayedOlive laying on the ground again, but this time in California’s Disneyland.Matter-of-factly, Drew said, “This is her losing it at Disneyland - because it all ends up there [in mayhem]. You push it hard enough becauseyou’re like, ‘I’m here, let’s skip the nap and let’s go, go, go.’ You wannamaximize it… this is how it always ends for me.”
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The late night host, who has a 10-month old of his own, thenasked Drew if she gets any warning before the tantrums erupt. “They come at themost interesting times… you cannot predict!” she said, speaking candidly. “I think you should havelike ten consistent tools in your arsenal.” The star went on to discuss howparents can combat their children’s outbursts with different approaches: “either thetender loving approach or the ‘I’m very serious’ approach.” “I like yourapproach,” Seth jokingly responded, “which is a photo op.”
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Overall, Drew loved going toDisney with her children, saying that it was “the best experience ever.” The actress even shareda selfie with Cinderella to her Instagram, thanking Disney for the magical time. Along with the photo she wrote the caption: Yes! This happened. Thank you Walt Disney World for making dreams come true. Mydaughters were on a cloud. A big puffy princess cloud.”