Los Angeles, Nov 4, 2025

Actress Drew Barrymore shared that she recently had an “emergency biopsy” following a “bad mammogram”.

Barrymore discussed the killer disease with comedian Tig Notaro, who underwent a double mastectomy in 2016 after being diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer.

Speaking on The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress said: “This is the thing I’ve wanted to risk talking about on this show because – I recently had a scare. I’m completely fine, but I did get a bad mammogram and I got taken into that room and then I had an emergency biopsy and I waited those five days.”

Barrymore said she was touched by Notaro’s recent documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and her wife Megan Falley as they navigate life following the former

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