United Kingdom, March 26 -- Drew Barrymore "genuinely enjoys" being single at 50.

The actress and talk show host - who recently revealed she was "ghosted" after a first date earlier this month - has had a "real shift" in her outlook on life and love which has made her reassess how she feels about "being alone".

Writing for Us Weekly, she said: "I think, for me, the real shift came when I stopped looking at being alone as a waiting room.

"Like, I wasn't alone because I was between relationships or because I hadn't figured something out yet. I was alone because I genuinely enjoyed it.

"I was choosing it. I didn't need to fill every moment with noise. And when I tell you that was the most freeing realization of my life? Oh. My. Gosh."

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