Drew Barrymore dove into a whirlwind romance with British-born Jeremy Thomas — and a first marriage that basically started and ended on the same day! “I didn’t marry her because she was Drew Barrymore, I married her because she was cute!” Jeremy told The National ENQUIRER. Wild child Drew was already famous for her role in “E.T.” and had been through several stints in rehab when she began hanging out at Jeremy’s Hollywood bar, The Room. Read on for more of Jeremy’s story about his marriage to Drew, and click here for more inside stories of celebrity splits….
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“She was probably a little bit underage when she first started coming to the bar. But she just fit in with everyone,” he recalled. “She was a fun young girl and she’d come in with her friends.” The actress was just 19 and Jeremy was 31 when they tied the knot in the wee hours of March 20, 1994, after partying at The Room.
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“Drew, Jeremy and six friends were sitting around The Room at 4 a.m. when someone kidded Drew that she should marry Jeremy because they’re so much in love,” recalled one of Jeremy’s buddies.
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Jeremy called a 24-hour minister who agreed to come at 5:30 a.m. to perform the ceremony but charged an extra $20 to show up at such short notice, said his pal. The bride wore a borrowed white silk slip dress and combat boots, while a pit bull stood in as maid of honor!
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The pair exchanged vows on the roof of the bar, but predictably the union didn’t last. The very next day, Drew jetted off to Tucson, Ariz., to film “Boys on the Side.” For the flaky actress, the marriage was already over. “I realized my mistake on the day I married him,” she’s said.
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Despite that, Jeremy insisted they talked every day on the phone while she was filming. “Drew would tell me how much she missed me and loved me,” he told The ENQUIRER. “On one of her breaks, we checked into a suite at a luxury hotel and everything was perfect.”
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He also revealed Drew was kinky in bed! “We were making love when suddenly she ripped my shirt off — ripped it to shreds,” he recalled. “Sometimes she’d rip her own clothes off while making love!” The couple made plans to honeymoon in Hawaii, but the moment Drew finished filming, she walked out on him.
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“I got a phone call from her — in Hawaii! She’d gone off on our honeymoon without me,” recalled Jeremy. Divorce papers soon followed, with Drew claiming Jeremy married her for her money and a green card. The “
Charlie’s Angels” star went on to wed and divorce wacky comic
Tom Green (left).
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Now starring in the Netflix series “Santa Clarita Diet,”
Drew is a single mom, raising
two daughters by her third ex-husband,
Will Kopelman (center). Looking back, Jeremy chalks up their 19-day marriage to the bizarreness of celebrity.
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“She was probably a little bit underage when she first started coming to the bar. But she just fit in with everyone,” he recalled. “She was a fun young girl and she’d come in with her friends.” The actress was just 19 and Jeremy was 31 when they tied the knot in the wee hours of March 20, 1994, after partying at The Room.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“Drew, Jeremy and six friends were sitting around The Room at 4 a.m. when someone kidded Drew that she should marry Jeremy because they’re so much in love,” recalled one of Jeremy’s buddies.
Jeremy called a 24-hour minister who agreed to come at 5:30 a.m. to perform the ceremony but charged an extra $20 to show up at such short notice, said his pal. The bride wore a borrowed white silk slip dress and combat boots, while a pit bull stood in as maid of honor!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The pair exchanged vows on the roof of the bar, but predictably the union didn’t last. The very next day, Drew jetted off to Tucson, Ariz., to film “Boys on the Side.” For the flaky actress, the marriage was already over. “I realized my mistake on the day I married him,” she’s said.
Despite that, Jeremy insisted they talked every day on the phone while she was filming. “Drew would tell me how much she missed me and loved me,” he told The ENQUIRER. “On one of her breaks, we checked into a suite at a luxury hotel and everything was perfect.”
He also revealed Drew was kinky in bed! “We were making love when suddenly she ripped my shirt off — ripped it to shreds,” he recalled. “Sometimes she’d rip her own clothes off while making love!” The couple made plans to honeymoon in Hawaii, but the moment Drew finished filming, she walked out on him.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“I got a phone call from her — in Hawaii! She’d gone off on our honeymoon without me,” recalled Jeremy. Divorce papers soon followed, with Drew claiming Jeremy married her for her money and a green card. The “
Charlie’s Angels” star went on to wed and divorce wacky comic
Tom Green (left).
Now starring in the Netflix series “Santa Clarita Diet,”
Drew is a single mom, raising
two daughters by her third ex-husband,
Will Kopelman (center). Looking back, Jeremy chalks up their 19-day marriage to the bizarreness of celebrity.
