Cameron and Drew at Coachella in 2007. Credit: PRPhotos

Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz met for the first time when Drew was casting Charlie’s Angels, more than a decade ago. Almost instantly, Drew and Cameron became friends, vacationing together, hanging out endlessly, and in general, just being each other’s total BFF. But something happened last year. Drew broke off her relationship with Justin Long while Cameron was getting hot and heavy with British model Paul Sculfor. Second, Drew started working on Grey Gardens, which she has since admitted threw her for a loop emotionally. Drew told W Magazine that she cut a lot of people out of her life while she was making that film, and that it took her months to shake the character of Little Edie. One of those people who allegedly got cut out was Cameron.

Since then, the old Drew has returned. She seemed like her old self when she described herself as a “good time gal” to David Letterman a few months ago. She got back together with Justin Long. But still, there have been persistent rumors that Drew and Cameron have failed to bury whatever hatchet ripped them apart. Until now!

Drew Barrymore recently rekindled her longtime friendship with Cameron Diaz, and it’s all thanks to her boyfriend, Justin Long.

Last summer, during “Drew’s dark period,” as one friend describes it, after she broke up with Justin, she also distanced herself from Cameron.

“She was going through some personal issues, and her friendships and relationships just weren’t her priority,” the friend says.

But Drew’s back to her old happy self again, so Justin, 31, suggested she extend an olive branch to Cameron.

“They’re friends again, not BFFs yet, but friends,” the friend adds. “It will take a while for things to get back to where they were, but it will happen.”

[From In Touch, print edition, July 27 2009]

I like Drew and Cameron as besties. They make sense together. To me, they both seem like ditzy, klutzy, giggly girly-girls. But I guess both of them are growing up, maturing, and maybe neither wants to have the same kind of friendship they used to have. I’m not sure if I buy that Justin Long is the one who convinced Drew to reconnect, but if he did, he’s a great guy. I hope they realize that they can go back to being best friends without being stuck each other’s backsides, you know? They don’t have to do everything together, but they can still be very close. Team Dremeron.

Cameron Diaz is shown outside The Daily Show on 6/25/09. Drew Barrymore is shown on the NY set of her film Going The Distance on 7/14/09. She is also shown filming with Justin Long, who co-stars, on 7/13/09. Credit: Fame Pictures