The cameras were on during Drew Barrymore’s annual mammogram, and for good reason — Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Two fans joined The Drew Barrymore Show host, 49, as she finished an exam for the breast cancer awareness episode of her show, which airs on Wednesday, October 9.
In a preview of the upcoming broadcast shared on Instagram, Barrymore wears a hospital gown as she introduces Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, Jessica Saint Clair and her technician Terry, who are all breast cancer survivors.
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“So all you have to do is relax and I’ll put you in the machine,” Terry says as he helps prepare Barrymore.
“I’ve never done a mammogram in heels. This is, this is different,” Barrymore says before Terry takes the picture with the machine.
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After the exam, the talk show host says she “realized it was a very uplifting experience as well” and tells fans Dawn and Morgan how it felt.
Drew Barrymore gets a mammogram during a breast cancer awareness episode of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’.
The Drew Barrymore/Ash Bean Show
“It feels like you took your two hands and took out the breast and did it (movements with her hands) really hard, how long is that, Terry, 10 seconds? That’s it, 10 seconds,” she says.
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Although the preview clip didn’t show Barrymore’s results, fans praised her courage to get a mammogram on camera and raise awareness.
“Well done Drew for being willing to be vulnerable (literally) in sharing the mammogram process,” one fan wrote.
“👏👏👏 This is VERY important!! Thank you for showing how this is done and it’s not as scary as some people think! ❤️❤️,” another commented.
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Drew Barrymore gets a mammogram during a breast cancer awareness episode of ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’.
The Drew Barrymore/Ash Bean Show
Last October, Barrymore also documented her mammogram experience for fans and opened up about the “fear of getting bad news” that comes with it.
“I think we all play a very negative mental tennis game in our heads about our health,” Barrymore said. “I don’t know about you, but I’ve been self-diagnosing myself all day and the results are horrible, and that’s not the way I’m supposed to be doing it.”
“So I’m trying to take responsibility and figure this out and I want to take everybody on that journey with me because I’m totally imperfect. I’m just another man walking around with the fear of getting bad news,” she continued. “But I know that dealing with it is everything.”
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