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There couldn’t have been a bigger contrast in the way people approach menopause than what happened this week.

Over in the US, on The Drew Barrymore Show, the actress we grew up with had a hot flash in the middle of interviewing Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler for their film Murder Mystery 2. Rather than stop the taping she kept rolling, taking off her jacket and seeming genuinely astonished as she said: “I’m so glad we are documenting this – I think I’m having my first perimenopausal hot flash.”

Aniston, 54, said “I’m so honored” as she helped her reattach her mic, and Sandler joked that a “wave of rage” might be next.

Of course it’s generalizing, but the tone is quite different over in the UK, where calls for more government intervention led to the appointment of a new “HRT Czar” complete with an dramatic headline in the Times announcing her.