Drew Barrymore reveals why she'll 'never get married again' in new interview

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Drew Barrymore has revealed in a new interview that she intends never to get married again.

The 50 First Dates star has been married three times in the past, to Jeremy Thomas from 1994-1995, Tom Green from 2001-2002 and finally to Will Kopelman from 2012-2016.

However, Barrymore has vowed to never do so again, despite describing herself as a "hopeless romantic" in a new interview with PEOPLE.

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"I am a hopeless romantic, and everybody on this planet needs love in some form," the actress said.  "And we are constantly contending with relationships. Love and those relationships may look differently for people. But it's there at its core. So, I can't help but want to explore and examine that."

Barrymore, 45, did admit to trying her hand at online dating.

"I've tried it. I went on a couple of dates," she revealed. "A lot of people totally ghosted me. And one time I was waiting to go on a date, and at the time we were supposed to meet he just wrote, 'Yeah, I can’t.' But I’d rather hang out with my friends."

However, despite these dating exploits and her romantic sensibilities, the actress is pretty emphatic about the notion of getting married again.

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"Never. Never, never, never. I will never get married again!" she exclaimed.

"And I also believe people should not say the word 'never,' and I will never, with a capital N-E-V-E-R, never get married. It’s like I have two options: Cut it—this has not worked—or be Elizabeth Taylor. And I have too many more to go. I never want to be entwined with someone like that again ever. You break up, and you move on. You get divorced, and it’s just so different. I love that we are trying to hold on to an institution that [started] when the closest person to you for companionship was a three-day horse ride away and your life span was 30 years."

That's not to say that she's not open to the idea of having another relationship, though.

"It doesn’t mean that maybe I wouldn’t like to meet someone, especially when my kids go off to college," she told PEOPLE. "Or a year from now, I could be totally in love. I’m open to it; I’m not seeking it. My cup runneth over. I have so much love in my life."

Drew Barrymore was speaking to PEOPLE ahead of her new television program, The Drew Barrymore Show, which will premier on September 14.