Brooke Shields looked glamorous at her book launch on Tuesday, as she prepares to spill more showbiz bombshells and secrets with the release of her new memoir.
The 59-year-old actress has already dished the dirt on her ex-husband, tennis player Andre Agassi, with claims he once body-shamed her with a backhanded compliment.
She also revealed that Tom Cruise ‘eventually’ apologized for ranting about her use of antidepressants in a shock 2005 interview.
In the tell-all new book, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, she is also lifting the lid on her time in the modeling industry and how it gave her body image issues.
The Mother of the Bride star dives into the idea that women in midlife are in control of their own lives and stories.
The book hit the shelves on Tuesday, with Brooke attending Book Conversation with Samantha Barry in New York to celebrate it’s release.
Brooke Shields, 59, looked glamorous at her book launch on Tuesday, as she prepares to spill more showbiz bombshells and secrets with the release of her new memoir
In the tell-all new book, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, she is lifting the lid on her time in the modeling industry and how it gave her body image issues
She looked effortlessly stylish in a black knitted jumper dress, teamed with pointy leather boots and a chunky statement necklace.
The actress wore her auburn tresses in voluminous curls and opted for a glamorous palette of makeup to elevate her natural beauty.
In one snap, she held up her new memoir and pointed at it with a smirk, before putting on a very animated display on stage as she discussed her latest venture.
Brooke was married to tennis star Andre Agassi for two years, from 1997 to 1999, but their relationship ultimately ended in divorce.
The memoir touches on their relationship and has already dropped some bombshells, including conversations between the two of them.
‘I was very specifically told I was not runway worthy, because I wasn’t skinny enough,’ she wrote in her new book, per People.
‘Being told you are ‘the face,’ you begin to believe that’s all you are — a face. From the neck up, I was Brooke Shields, but it was like my body existed in a different reality,’ she penned.
She recalled telling Andre about these inner thoughts and insecurities.
‘When I would profess my insecurities to my first husband, he would always say, “I wish you could see yourself the way I see you,”‘ Shields wrote.
The book hit the shelves on Tuesday, with Brooke attending Book Conversation with Samantha Barry in New York to celebrate it’s release (pictured with Samantha Barry)
In one snap, she held up her new memoir and pointed at it with a smirk, before putting on a very animated display on stage as she discussed her latest venture
She looked effortlessly stylish in a black knitted jumper dress, teamed with pointy leather boots and a chunky statement necklace
The actress wore her auburn tresses in voluminous curls and opted for a glamorous palette of makeup to elevate her natural beauty
In the book, the Mother of the Bride star dives into the idea that women in midlife are in control of their own lives and stories
‘However when I said, “Will you still love me if I’m big and fat?’ (I meant once I got pregnant — an unfair question for anybody to ask another person I know!) I could never have expected his response,’ she continued.
Brooke claimed that Andre had told her, ‘I love you too much to let you get big and fat!’
The Pretty Baby star admitted in the book that it was a response that she didn’t expect.
‘I definitely did not see that coming and must admit I started to spin a bit,’ Brooke wrote, per the outlet.
‘But we all know how that relationship turned out,’ she added.
After Brooke’s divorce from Andre, she found love with film director Chris Henchy, who she married in 2001.
The couple share two children together, daughters Rowan, 21, and Grier, 18.
Tom Cruise, now 61, was widely slammed when he weighed in on Brooke’s admission to using antidepressants during her battle with postpartum depression in book Down Came The Rain during a chat on The Today Show.
The 59-year-old actress has already dished the dirt on her ex-husband, tennis player Andre Agassi, with claims he once body-shamed her with a backhanded compliment
Brooke was married to the tennis star for two years, from 1997 to 1999, but their relationship ultimately ended in divorce
He said: ‘Here is a woman, and I care about Brooke Shields because I think she is an incredibly talented woman. You look at, where has her career gone?… These drugs are dangerous.
‘The thing that I’m saying about Brooke is that there’s misinformation. She doesn’t understand the history of psychiatry… she doesn’t know what these drugs are, and for her to promote it is irresponsible.’
He added the drugs ‘don’t cure anything’ and said: ”You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things’ – leading Shields to hit back at the time and take aim at his Scientology beliefs: ‘Has he had a baby? Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women decide which treatment is best for them.’
The Pretty Baby star wrote in new tome, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman that the Top Gun star had regretted his words and said sorry to her.
She wrote: ‘It wasn’t the world’s best apology, but it’s what he was capable of, and I accepted it.’
‘Had Tom taken a public swing at me before I became a mother, I probably would have stayed quiet. I would have ignored his ridiculous rant.
‘I might have been content to sit back while this very famous man hijacked my experience to advance his own (deluded) agenda. I would have been satisfied that his behavior would speak for itself.
‘A decade earlier — I might have even regretted sharing my story or felt insecure that maybe my career was stalling while a powerful male movie star was singling me out, sure that I’d never stand a chance in that fight.’
Brooke also revealed that Tom Cruise ‘eventually’ apologized for ranting about her use of antidepressants in a shock 2005 interview
The star, now 61, was widely slammed in 2005 when he weighed in on Brooke admitting taking antidepressants during her battle with postpartum depression
He added the drugs ‘don’t cure anything’ and said: ‘You can use vitamins to help a woman through those things’ – leading Brooke to hit back at the time (pictured in 2023)
She said she was not only ‘sticking up for herself’ against ‘irrational and dangerous comments from an unschooled actor who was speaking way out of his depth’ but also ‘spurr[ing] discussions on the reality and prevalence of postpartum depression.’
However, her first marriage and showbiz secrets aren’t the only thing that the actress is opening up about in her new memoir.
She also revealed that sex for her is ‘painful’ after menopause due to a diminishing drive and vaginal dryness as well as the vaginal rejuvenation procedure she didn’t consent to years ago while undergoing a labia reduction.
‘On a personal level, I’m in a place where sex can be painful,’ the 59-year-old former child star wrote in chapter 10 of her newly-released book.
‘For me to fully enjoy sex at this point, I need my lotions and potions, the right sleepwear (maybe calling it sleepwear is contributing to the problem), my special pillow, and maybe a tequila so I can relax.’
Brooke continued: ‘My doctor told me I should start taking testosterone — sure you might get a few more whiskers, but that’s what tweezers are for — but I haven’t gotten there yet. For now, I’m counting on the old “the more you have it, the more you’ll enjoy it” approach.’
She recalls having a ‘fervent sex drive’ after losing her virginity, at age 22, to her Princeton University boyfriend, but she still felt inhibited.
‘I never felt like I could step into that appetite in the way that I wanted to,’ the empty nester recalled.
She also revealed that sex for her is ‘painful’ after menopause due to a diminishing drive and vaginal dryness
‘I waited that long [to have sex] because I had the weight of the world on me. And even once we started sleeping together, I never really let loose. Oh, how I wish I’d just let the lust take over!’
Brooke originally met her second husband Chris Henchy in 1999 on the Warner Bros lot, and they celebrated 23 years of wedded bliss last April.
‘And now here I am, more than 35 years later, sometimes pretending I’m asleep when I know Chris is in the mood. And that has nothing to do with Chris — he’s hot!’ Shields admitted.
‘I’m going through all the bodily s*** that comes with aging as a woman even in the best of times — the thinning hair and the peach fuzz and the brand-new belly fat and vaginal dryness and the diminishing sex drive — and in my natural state I feel less appealing to him than I ever did before.’
