Drew Barrymore’s Refreshing Comments About Ditching Bras Come Two Decades After She Was Publicly Vilified For Going Bra-Free At The 2006 Golden Globes

Drew Barrymore is known for keeping things incredibly existent connected her self-titled speech show.

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And this week was nary different, with the big casually revealing to comedian Chris Fleming that she’s wholly “over” wearing bras.

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“I’m wearing a weird leotard close now,” said Drew arsenic she unbuttoned her garment and revealed the beige undergarment. “I deterioration this happening origin I don't wanna deterioration a bra due to the fact that I'm implicit a bra. I'm excessively old, and I won't deterioration one.”

The 51-year-old continued, “I don't attraction if these sausages autumn down to my knees. I just, I'm implicit it, and I don't attraction anymore.”

Drew’s determination to ditch bras comes 2 decades aft she was publically vilified for choosing to spell bra-free astatine the 2006 Golden Globes.

Two decades ago, Drew was sadly blasted by tabloids for wearing a green, high-necked Gucci formal without a bra underneath.

The Houston Chronicle branded her 1 of the “worst dressed” celebrities of the night, writing, “We person 2 words for Drew Barrymore: instauration garment. Her flimsy, high-necked jade gown couldn't clasp successful her breasts, which seemed to beryllium attacking the surface erstwhile she presented an award.”

Fashion blog SheFinds pointed retired that Drew was “ripped successful each tabloid, gossip rag and blog retired there” — though joined successful with the mockery, writing, “Drew Barrymore presented an grant astatine the 2006 Golden Globes successful a beauteous greenish formal with a humble cut. But the prestigious golden grant statues weren’t the only, uh, globes that were distracting viewers. Barrymore, who is not precisely airy successful the thorax area, chose to spell braless that evening.”

“What is this nary bra trend? Young alternate manner divas similar Maggie Gyllenhaal and Kirsten Dunst person been spotted countless times without underwire. Their distracting flappy fronts are usually offset by a cautiously cultivated slouch to complement their vintage gear. Is this a inclination that you should beryllium following? Not unless you enactment successful the big amusement industry. Even if your A-cup is perky, there’s the nipple origin to consider. Going braless is seldom photogenic,” they added.

The backlash was truthful wide that Drew ended up apologizing for the outfit years later, stating that she felt similar she’d “tarnished” Gucci’s reputation.

“My worst reddish carpet infinitesimal is the Gucci greenish formal wherever my boobs look similar watermelons, it's the worst,” she said. “Never deterioration a high-neck formal with a precocious belt. It makes your tits look similar they are astatine your waist. It was the Golden Globes. I felt truthful bad. I was like, ‘I’m truthful sorry, Gucci. I person tarnished your name.’”

Looking backmost connected the infinitesimal now, 1 person wrote on Reddit, “I’m aged capable to retrieve erstwhile she went bra-free astatine the Golden Globes (in a beauteous greenish gown) possibly 2 decades agone and it caused overmuch clutching of pearls.”

“THIS is what radical fussed about? wild,” idiosyncratic else said.

You tin ticker the clip from Drew’s speech amusement here.