Beyond hospitals and courtrooms, Barrymore’s teenage years were defined by a nightlife that read like a cautionary tale. The Wikipedia account notes she was a regular at Studio 54 as a young girl — the fabled, hedonistic New York nightclub synonymous with drugs, sex and excess — and that her constant partying became tabloid fodder. That lifestyle dovetailed with other crises: after rehab stints she spent three months living with musician David Crosby and his wife because, Crosby said, she “needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety.” The combination of underage access to adult nightlife and repeated stints in treatment underscored how precarious child stardom could be in the 1980s Hollywood ecosystem.
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Underage Nightlife and Studio 54: How a Child Star Became a Regular at the World’s Most Notorious Club
Drew Barrymore / 1980s
Beyond hospitals and courtrooms, Barrymore’s teenage years were defined by a nightlife that read like a cautionary tale. The Wikipedia account notes she was a regular at Studio 54 as a young girl — the fabled, hedonistic New York nightclub synonymous with drugs, sex and excess — and that her constant partying became tabloid fodder. That lifestyle dovetailed with other crises: after rehab stints she spent three months living with musician David Crosby and his wife because, Crosby said, she “needed to be around some people that were committed to sobriety.” The combination of underage access to adult nightlife and repeated stints in treatment underscored how precarious child stardom could be in the 1980s Hollywood ecosystem.
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