While it's been a difficult month for Drew Barrymore, who recently split from husband Will Kopelman, the Golden Globe winner says there's one thing that always puts a smile on her face: her beloved pet puppies.
ET caught up with the Charlie's Angels
star at the Annual ASPCA Bergh Ball at the Plaza Hotel in New York City
on Thursday, where Barrymore was the night's guest of honor.
"I've been sure a dog lover my whole life," said
the 41-year-old actress, who shared that she's rescued nine different
foster dogs, and is currently living with a cute canine named Douglas.
"Life is better with dogs. Life is definitely better with rescue dogs."
While she didn’t mention her recent split directly, Barrymore did admit "there's a reason people cling to their pets" when dealing with troubles in their lives.
During her speech at the gala event, Barrymore
opened up about the important role pets have played in her life,
including the reason she began taking in rescue dogs in the first place:
As a kid, she passionately wanted "that unspoken, amazing bond" that
you can only get with pets and siblings.
Now that she has two daughters of her own
-- Olive, 3, and Frankie, who turns 2 next Friday, both of whom she
shares with Kopelman -- Barrymore said she wanted to make sure her
children were able to grow up with dogs because she "knew that they
should have a friend."
"Animals have given me a rite of passage, a
humility and a purpose and a kindness and a lack of cruelty," Barrymore
shared with the audience, adding that, because of what she's learned
from her animals, "I don't have it in my heart to be rude, mean, cruel,
unkind to any person on the planet."
Barrymore and Kopelman, who tied the knot in June 2012, released a joint statement on April 2 confirming their pending divorce.
"Sadly our family is separating legally, although we do not feel this takes away from us being a family," they said in a statement to People. "Divorce might make one feel like a failure, but eventually you start to find grace in the idea that life goes on."
On Tuesday, Barrymore made one of her first public appearances
since her split when she spoke at a fundraiser benefiting the New York
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, where she was seen still wearing her wedding ring.
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