The Ward family surprised Barrymore as part of her talk show’s celebration of her 50th birthday.
“How long has it been since you’ve seen Drew?”
And you were the first traditional family I ever lived with."

Drew Barrymore reunites with the Ward fmaily.The Drew Barrymore Show (2)
Gayle, in turn, replied, “You are our daughter!”
“I did not know what a traditional family looked like, functioned like,” she said.
“You had such a beautiful family unit.”

Barrymore and the Wards.The Drew Barrymore Show
Ross then surprised Drew with a sweet video message from Jennifer.
So I hope you have a very, very happy 50th birthday, and heres to 50 more!
I remember the band-aids.

Barrymore in ‘Firestarter’.Everett
I remember it really well.
And honestly, I am out to give that to my daughters now.
Watch Drew reunite with the family in the clip above.