Barack Obama Makes Drew Barrymore Burst Into Tears

Tue, 07 October 2008 00:55:42 ET

Drew Barrymore confessed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made her burst into tears when he discussed gay issues.

Actress Drew Barrymore has admitted that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has made her burst into tears. She told Harper's Bazaar magazine for its November 2008 issue that her emotion was running wild when he discussed homosexual issues.

"When I heard him speak about a gay person never having to sit outside the hospital room with their loved one sick inside, I burst into tears," Drew admitted to the magazine. She also explained that her emotion ran wild because many of her beloved people are gay, saying "so many people I care about are homosexual and it was profound to have someone be sensitive to that."

"That's the kind of world I want to live in, where we're not holding our own principles in judgment above someone or against someone," Drew revealed. That is why she acknowledged that she is a Democrat. "It's the first time I've really admitted I'm a Democrat," Drew stated. "His values are my values."

Despite her endorsement for Obama, Drew told Harper's Bazaar's November 2008 issue that Republican presidential candidate John McCain "is a good person" too. She added, "he does care, but he has voted against things that are shocking as far as people's liberties and economic choices."

However, Drew admitted that she doesn't really pay attention to the voting process. "I was raised in a family - well, no family, really, so no one talked to me about politics or why voting is important," she confessed. "So my way to educate myself was driving around America and filming all sorts of people with different mind-sets. I became an avowed voter and feel it is really important to engage other people in it."

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