Beloved actor of stage and screen, Brooke Shields started her career as a model in her early childhood. With a mother in modeling herself and a father who was an executive for Revlon, you could say that Shields had glamor and stardom in her blood.
Before she was even a year old, Brooke was working in the fashion industry right in front of the camera. As she grew up, she got into acting, and along the way she picked up a degree in the Ivy Leagues. Now all grown up, she has admitted "It was 'a bit of a mistake' to be "so open about my virginity because it never left me alone" from quite a young age. "I became the most famous virgin in the world," she said. "To be in the line of fire at such a young age in that way, I gained resilience and it set me up to be ready for anything in this industry which can be difficult", she has shared. Smart and sensational, the truth about Brooke Shields—her stardom and her life behind-the-scenes—is finally being revealed.
An Early-Life Legal Dispute
In the 1970s, Brooke posed for photos to be used in a book called Sugar and Spice. The publisher of the book ended up not using Brooke’s shots, and Brooke’s mother, Teri, got into a legal match with the photographer over the rights to the photographs. Brooke was a minor at the time, meaning that the snaps could be sensitive property if misused.
The case was heard in court, and the judge ruled that the photographs belonged to the photographer. This is because Brooke was working as a model at the time they were taken. Interestingly, if she had been working as a child performer instead, her mother would have been able to claim rights over the photos.
A Rising Career Amid a Failing Marriage
Her parents gave her a very early opportunity to break into the modeling industry, but troubles were brewing in paradise. Brooke’s parents went through a divorce during her childhood, making her upbringing even that much more unusual—and certainly difficult.
Even as her family was falling apart, though, Brooke was booking modeling gigs. A big break came with an ad for Ivory soap. The ad campaign caused people to name Brooke “The Most Beautiful Baby in America.” The success of this early campaign became the foundation for Brooke’s long career on stage and screen.
“The Most Beautiful Baby in America”
After such an accolade at such a young age, how does a girl grow beyond it? Brooke was living a life much different from her peers. At the same time, she and her parents tried to make her life as normal as possible.
Brooke found a number of hobbies to fill the time between modeling and school, and they all brought her closer to people her age with similar interests. Some of her hobbies include ballet, horseback riding, and playing the piano. In everything, she tried to maintain a balance so she could live in both the world of modeling and the world of being a kid.
Falling Apart Behind the Scenes
To the outside observer, everything was going great for Brooke. Her career was taking off, and the pearly white teeth in her smile seemed to say that nothing was wrong. However, behind the scenes, there was more trouble, centered around Brooke’s mother, Teri.
Teri decided to become Brooke’s “momager”—a combination of mom and manager—taking complete control over Brooke’s career. Teri claimed that she knew her daughter best, so who would be better to manage her interests? The pressure proved to be too much for Teri, though, who became an alcoholic in the process, severely impacting Brooke’s life for years to come.
Much More Than Motherly Love
Brooke has always acknowledged the complex dynamics of her relationship with her late mother, Teri. When guest-starring on The Drew Barrymore Show, the actresses shared their similar experiences of troubled mother-daughter relationships. Drew asked Brooke, if like her own mother, Brooke's mom had dated one of Brooke's boyfriends. "No, ‘cause she was in love with me," Brooke stated.
"I was her main focus," Shields revealed. "And both of us were going to be cut off from our sexuality; I was gonna stay a virgin, she was going to be just Teri Terrific and being there." Brooke's mom would sit with her in all her interviews. Brooke recalled it being something Teri did "under the guise of protection," although she believes "it was more ownership and fear."
Bad Management Led to Exploitation
One of the many questionable things that Teri allowed Brooke to do was act in the 1978 film Pretty Baby. In that movie, Brooke played a child prostitute—when she was actually a child, only 11 years old. The filming process required Brooke to perform in some very child-unfriendly scenes.
Pretty Baby received a mixed reaction, not least of all because of Brooke’s involvement with the film. Some critics thought that having an actual minor play this role was revolutionary. Many others declared her role highly inappropriate. The fiasco put Teri’s managerial and mothering skills on full view for scrutiny, causing the beginning of Teri’s spiral.
Finding Young Love in Hollywood
Facing criticism for playing roles too mature for her, Brooke also had to endure rumors about her fledgling love life. She was seen in the company of a fellow child star, Scott Baio, who played Chachi Arcola on the long-running sitcom Happy Days. Everyone wondered if Brooke was ready for such adult activities.
Years later, Brooke divulged that she and Scott were, indeed, an item back when they were child actors in the 70s. In fact, she claimed that she was his first girlfriend. They were first seen together publicly when they went to the CBS Television Competition Special together.
Calvin Klein Wanted Her
In 1978, Seventeen magazine featured Brooke on its cover, a huge breakthrough moment in Brooke’s skyrocketing career. The photo caught the attention of an incredibly important American fashion designer—none other than Calvin Klein.
He saw her image on the newsstand one day and knew he had to have this “it” girl. Klein was about to launch his new denim line, and he was looking for upcoming models to display his products. He needed to lock down Brooke, in his opinion, because she would be the perfect person to model his jeans.
You Can’t Say That on Television
“You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins?” asked a suggestively posed Brooke. “Nothing.” That line, delivered looking up into the camera, was plenty to cause a stir with network executives. They felt that it was too mature a sentiment to come from a 16-year-old.
The producers of the ad were trying to generate intrigue around the new fashion, titillating the audience with something outside what was socially acceptable. In response, two big networks outright banned the ad from being shown on their affiliates. Controversy seemed to follow Brooke wherever she went.
Testifying at a Congressional Hearing
Controversy followed her onto the set of The Blue Lagoon. Filmed on Fiji’s Turtle Island, it told the story of a couple of youngsters abandoned on an island without parents to guide them or society to keep them in line. The kids develop emotionally and physically throughout the movie, showing them going through puberty and eventually falling in love, even though they are cousins.
The film was directed by Randal Kleiser, but it was Brooke who found herself on the hot seat when she was brought in to testify in front of the U.S. Congress at a special inquiry. She assured the representatives that some of her scenes with co-star Christopher Atkins were actually filmed using a body double.
Slapped With an R-Rating
They say that any publicity is good publicity, and so The Blue Lagoon rose to number nine in the North American box office in 1980. In the United States and Canada, the film grossed $58.8 million. Brooke was officially the star of a hit movie.
Given the highly suggestive nature of the film and the age of its star, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) gave the film an R-rating, restricting audiences who could actually see it. This was in spite of the fact that Brooke had a body double for some scenes.
The Money Kept Rolling In
Normal teenage life just wasn’t in the cards for Brooke, even if she started out by trying to keep things as normal as possible. Her face was all over magazines and on the big screen in the U.S. Everyone knew who she was.
And that’s just part of it. By the time she was 16, she was making an amazing amount of money—in a single day, she could bring in $10,000. And her fame was spreading thanks to Vogue covers in Italy and France.
Talented At Everything
Her career as a child actor gave her opportunities to appear on popular TV shows, pretty much the dream of any aspiring actor. Because of her age, she became the youngest person ever to perform on The Muppet Show and to hose ABC’s live sketch comedy show Fridays.
She Was Saving Herself
Despite all the mature roles she played at an early age, Brooke was very committed to remaining celibate for as long as possible. It was an important virtue in the Shields family enforced by her mother.
Brooke reported that she lost her virginity at the age of 22 with actor Dean Cain. When it happened, she felt extremely overwhelmed with guilt, causing her to run out of the bedroom like she’d “stolen someone’s wallet,” according to herself. Brooke admitted, though, that if she had a better image of herself, it probably would have happened earlier.
Hitting Milestones and Pushing Boundaries
Many people in the United States celebrate when they turn 21, but not many celebrate it the way Brooke decided to. She might have just gone out and had a few drinks with her friends. Instead, in December 1986, she was featured on the cover of Playboy magazine.
Interestingly, Brooke probably got less flak for appearing on the adult magazine’s pages than she did for appearing in some of her other roles. The photoshoot was a bare-all, though, and it did get people talking about what provocative thing Brooke might do next.
The Best Kiss Of Her Life
Shields shared her brief but memorable romance with John F. Kennedy Jr. She fondly recalls their date, highlighting JFK Jr. as "the best kiss I've ever had in my life". Their connection started as an intense childhood crush, with Shields saying "I was so madly in love with him since the time I was three. My mom would say, 'That's the boy you're going to marry." Lucky for her, their paths crossed on a skiing trip but despite the chemistry, Shields chose not to sleep with him, fearing the potential consequences of a deeper involvement.
The kiss was "beyond not-disappointing." However after she declined his advances, he displayed a less admirable side with Brookes saying how she "had to get a cab home, which was a little less chivalrous." "He didn't look at me and he didn't talk to me." This led her to a mixed reaction: "On the one hand, I was like, 'S---!' On the other hand, I was like, 'Thank God ... he showed his true colors." We think it was a fortunate escape that things didn't work out!
Even Celebrities Admired Her
When you model the way Brooke models, it’s no wonder that you end up taped to someone’s wall or inside someone’s locker. It means a lot more, though, when the wall belongs to one of the greatest pop stars ever, Michael Jackson. He said that Brooke “was one of the loves of my life.” And yes, he said, “her pictures were all over my wall, my mirror, everything.”
“I went to the Academy Awards,” MJ recalled, “and this girl walks up to me and says, ‘Hi, I’m Brooke Shields. Are you going to the after-party?’ I go, ‘Yeah,’ thinking ‘oh my God, does she know she’s all over my room?’ Man, we exchanged numbers and I was up all night, singing, spinning around my room, just so happy.”
Wanna Marry a King?
“I think she loved me as much as I loved her, you know?” Michael Jackson. “We dated a lot. We, we went out a lot.” It seems like he and Brooke really had a good time together. “It was great,” he added. Brooke has admitted that he asked her to marry him more than once.
Apparently, MJ really wanted to adopt a child with Brooke, showing that his love for her was pretty strong. Brooke found it all a bit funny though, laughing off the proposals and thinking about children. Brooke wasn’t ready to be tied down, even to a big pop star.
Tears at the Jackson Memorial
By the time the king of pop died, Brooke and he weren’t close any longer. That didn’t keep her from speaking at his memorial, where she recalled all the good times they had together. The media called her performance fake, filled with crocodile tears and too much distress.
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