Actress Drew Barrymore has blamed her difficult relationships with men on her late father's absence during her childhood.

The Charlie's Angels star emancipated herself from her mother Jaid at the age of 17 - but she hardly knew her father, actor John Barrymore, an alcoholic who abandoned the family before she was born. And she is convinced his neglect has had a negative effect on her romantic relationships.

She says, "He was so feeble, I could actually nail him down. He was such a flighty bird - unattainable and off doing his own thing. I'm sure it's affected my relationships with men. I'm sure I'm sadder about it than I admit, but I accept that a lot easier than my mother's and my relationship, which is more tumultuous."

Barrymore reconciled with her dad before he died of bone marrow cancer in 2004 at the age of 72.

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