Drew Barrymore cries over Adam Sandler, 'The Wedding Singer'

June 2024 · 3 minute read

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Cue Billy Idol’s “White Wedding.”

Drew Barrymore broke down in tears over her longtime friend Adam Sandler on Wednesday — all because she caught a viewing of their movie “The Wedding Singer” on TV.

The talk show host, 48, documented staying home to catch the 1998 rom-com, even bailing on prior yoga plans that she had.

“I love you so much @adamsandler. The Wedding Singer came on my TV as I was getting ready to leave the house and I had to take in this moment and watch it,” Barrymore captioned her Instagram post.

“We made such a good movie, I love you so much, Happy New Year,” she said in the video, wiping away tears. “What year is it that we met in the newsroom? 1922?”

Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler attend Netflix’s Hustle premiere in NYC in October 2022. Getty Images for Netflix

The “Never Been Kissed” actress panned to her television screen to reveal her character, Julia Sullivan, getting serenaded by Sandler’s Robbie Hart in the emotional airplane scene where he sings “I Wanna Grow Old With You.”

In the Instagram comments, Sandler reacted: “Love u always Drew. Happy New Year.”

Sandler, 57, re-created the song when the pair appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in 2014. Sandler and Barrymore initially performed a pre-rehearsed “Every 10 Years” song before Sandler went off book and began to sing some lyrics from the movie’s song, bringing Barrymore to tears once more.

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in 2014. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Adam Sandler, Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore in 2014. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore at their “50 First Dates” premiere in L.A. in 2004. Bei/Shutterstock

“The Wedding Singer” also starred Christine Taylor, Allen Covert, Matthew Glave, Angela Featherstone, Alexis Arquette, Ellen Albertini Dow, Christina Pickles, Jodi Thelen and Frank Sivero.

Last year, Barrymore teased a potential reunion ahead of the film’s 25th anniversary, noting she and Sandler were “talking about it.”

Drew Barrymore crying over “The Wedding Singer.” Drew Barrymore/Instagram
The longtime pals attending “The Wedding Singer” premiere in 1998. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

“I think it’s time too. We’re looking. We’re definitely actively looking,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “We did talk about how we were like, ‘Oh it’s coming up on 10 years.’ We talked about some ideas and we’re definitely in. It’s percolating.”

The “Grown Ups” actor and Barrymore went on to star in 2004’s “50 First Dates” and 2014’s “Blended” together.

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