Drew Barrymore’s rebellion in the early 1990s spilled into publicity choices that scandalized sections of the press. At 17 she posed nude with then-fiancé Jamie Walters for the July cover of Interview magazine — an image and spread that amplified concerns about the sexualization of a still-teenaged movie star. Later, in January 1995, she posed for Playboy. These decisions, widely discussed in celebrity columns, became part of a broader narrative about Barrymore’s attempt to seize control of her image after a tumultuous youth; she has since reflected publicly that she would not permit her own child to make the same choices, acknowledging the long-term fallout of those episodes on her public persona.
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Nude Shoots, Tabloid Backlash and a Candid Warning: Barrymore’s Controversial Magazine Spreads
Drew Barrymore / 1990s
Drew Barrymore’s rebellion in the early 1990s spilled into publicity choices that scandalized sections of the press. At 17 she posed nude with then-fiancé Jamie Walters for the July cover of Interview magazine — an image and spread that amplified concerns about the sexualization of a still-teenaged movie star. Later, in January 1995, she posed for Playboy. These decisions, widely discussed in celebrity columns, became part of a broader narrative about Barrymore’s attempt to seize control of her image after a tumultuous youth; she has since reflected publicly that she would not permit her own child to make the same choices, acknowledging the long-term fallout of those episodes on her public persona.
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