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Brooke Shield's mother "disappointed" in celebrity daughter
Filed under: Relatives, Celeb Kids, Behaving Badly, In The News
Brooke Shields' mother reportedly (and classily!) gave an interview to The National Enquirer complaining that Brooke doesn't have time for her and never brings the grand kids around.
Oh yeah, and her son-in-law is pretty crappy too!
"I don't see Brooke or my granddaughters much, and if they do come over, it's only for a little while and then they're gone," Teri told the Enquirer. "I wish I could see Brooke, but all she does is work. ... But (she) always makes time to visit her friends no matter how busy she is."
She added, "I'm often disappointed in (Brooke), like the times she snaps: 'What do you ever do for me?' That's what her husband tells her to say. I preferred Brooke's first husband, Andre Agassi, over Chris (Henchy, Brooke's current husband and father of her two daughters)."
To get a little historical perspective, I did a some research on Brooke's life and learned:
- When Brooke was still an infant, Teri got the pretty baby in an Ivory Snow commercial.
- She later became a child model for Eileen Ford.
- Brooke starred in Pretty Baby, where the rumored-to-be-11-year-old-at-the-time Brooke played the role of a young girl living in a brothel, which included several nude scenes. Strangely, Susan Sarandon, who was playing Brooke's mother in the film provided Brooke with a nude-colored g-string so she wouldn't have to be completely naked during filming, rather than her real life mother.
- At age fourteen, Brooke was on the cover of Vogue magazine and made the famous Calvin Klein commercial where she told the world nothing got between her and her Calvins.
- Blue Lagoon was released when Brooke was 15 years old and she had to testify before Congress that body doubles were used for the nude scenes in the movie about cousins stranded on a deserted island.
- Endless Love (where the director supposedly pinched Brooke's big toe really hard when doing a sex scene to fake an adult happy experience she had not yet encountered) came out when Brooke was 16.
- In a 2007 interview with Life magazine Brooke said, " I left abruptly when I was 28. Growing independently of her (Teri) really changed my perspective. I have more empathy. I appreciate her more because she did shelter me from a lot, and she took the rap for it. But she's an alcoholic, and that affects everything. And she's very sad. We talk every day, but I have to draw a line. Or I get pulled back in."
It should also be noted that Brooke graciously forgave Tom Cruise for his idiotic televised theory that her stalled career was due to taking anti-depressants for post partum depression instead of using Scientology-approved method of magical vitamins and exercises, so clearly she has the capacity to overlook some serious transgression.
I don't blame Brooke for wanting to keep her daughters far from a drunk, crabby, grandmother willing to say bad things about their parents to the tabloids. Imagine the things that must be said in private at that house.











ReaderComments (Page 1 of 13)
2-21-2008 @ 4:51PM
queenoqueens said...You never know someone else's situation, but if her mom actually said this (it is the Enquirer after all), you already know why Brooke is avoiding her. A mom that would say mean things like that about her kid is putting herself before her child. Not model parent behavior.
Besides the fact that grown children have their own lives, parents that are dysfunctional downers and nags are only going to have their kids call them out of guilt. Who needs that in their lives?
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2-23-2008 @ 2:50PM
omannot said...but, but It Must be true it AOL news and if your willing to actually say that they are not of high journalist quality well then all I can say is I hope you can't take the AOL Celebrity quiz.
2-23-2008 @ 4:17PM
Elaine said...No one wants to talk to unhappy people (including kids) but where does the guilt come from? You should be glad your parents want to talk to you. There are so many that don't want anything to do with their kids. Get a grip....
2-24-2008 @ 1:51AM
r said...If this is true mom should rock on! If not, I feel sorry for the tabloid?
2-24-2008 @ 10:34AM
montecarlo said...Right on!!
2-24-2008 @ 11:40AM
marie said...Your right. And a drunk grandma is a huge embarressment to the family. " Common kids, lets go take Grandma to rehab again."
2-24-2008 @ 1:32PM
anonymous said...The Enquirer is probably accurate on this one. Terri Shields has personally said this to me and I know she has said it to others she's known. Terri is probably more than just an alcoholic. She most likely has borderline personality disorder as well. Borderlines typically exhibit fear of abandonment and make their children feel guilty about asserting their independence among other destructive behaviors. Alcoholism is also one of these destructive behaviors. For more information on BPD see http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/borderline-personality-disorder.shtml. I think Brooke has done a good job of separating her life from her mother's. It is obvious from her statements that she loves her mother, but she has young children now that need stability. It's a sad choice to have to make, but she has done the right thing.
2-23-2008 @ 2:13PM
bobbie said...Sounds a lot like my own mother. Constantly putting down on others because she, herself is unhappy. I love my mother. I would give her a kidney or anything that she needed. I am grateful for everything she has done for me over the years, but I just can't stand being around her for very long because the negativity just drains all of my energy. I know exactly where Brooke is coming from.
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2-23-2008 @ 4:23PM
Elaine said...Have you told your mother that her negative comments are hard to listen to? That it pulls you down. Obviously she is looking at things in a different way than you. Try to pull her up not let her get you down.
2-23-2008 @ 6:51PM
rusty said...Hey Bobbie,
Think we might be sisters? Your mom sounds like mine.
2-25-2008 @ 7:43AM
Femmedevoyage said...Brookes mother is a classic NARCISSIST. Brooke is obviously a strong woman who wants the best for her children. Keeping the distance between them and their horrid grandmother sounds like a good idea. Her mother is also probably intensely jealous of Brooke and the happiness she has found with her second husband. A good and loving mother would not only be proud of but happy for their daughter accomplishing all that is important- a healthful lifestyle, a happy marriage and a happy home. What a selfish, nasty, unhappy woman her mother must be. Go Brooke go. Don't let these naysayers get you down. There are those of us who understand. Follow your instincts and you will find the right path.
2-24-2008 @ 1:58PM
yamatograd said...Right on to what you said...you describe my situation exactly. My mother just drains the life out of me with her negativity.
2-23-2008 @ 2:15PM
bobbie said...Oh and on another note...I do understand the mom's longing to see her daughter and grand daughters.
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2-23-2008 @ 3:03PM
sharon said...Mom exploited her as a chld and sounds bitter that her control is over.
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2-23-2008 @ 2:23PM
Yesofcourse said...Brookes Mom said those things because she's an alcoholic. She needs to get it together (I'm not saying this lightly, I know about alcoholics), put her life back in line and stop lying to herself. She could do any number of things and lead an adventurous, fun, exciting life that has nothing to do with her daughter. I hate when people give up like it's "over" or something.
Once she finds herself, she can renew her relationship with Brooke. Everything can change, even if you can't see it now. Never give up. Go Teri, Go Teri!
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2-23-2008 @ 2:32PM
ntmcinmemephis@hotmail.com said...When people or your own family members say evil things to you.Or try and put evil thoughts into your mind or make you do something you don't want to do.It's time to say good bye forever to them. Including Moms,Grandma's,papa,cuzs,etc. I'am on Brookes side.Good for her.She does not need anyone.She has her own family now. People say there sorry after they have done something wrong,They are liers.They have done the bad deed already.It's what they always wanted to do and say. The sorry comes from "Oh My God I Got Caught".Brooke stay happy working on your new wonderful show.Your beautiful children and Great husband. Honey, thats all you need!!!!!
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4-19-2011 @ 8:28PM
Joyce said...First, learn how to spell. Possibly go back to your roots. Second, I'm a sick of and disgusted with these young and grown spoiled-rotten-drama queen-attention seeking-poor me brats. NONE of you including Brooke Shields would be where you(she) are without the help of your mother. AND Brooke would not have stayed on this path (even as a child) if it wasn't what she wanted.
Attention: Brooke's mom
Never fear, KARMA is the word. I feel sorry for the KARMA coming to all these disgustingly ungrateful miserable excuses for humans. They all go home (they will eventually) when things hit bottom and they loose (which they eventually all do) their (notice the spelling idiot) so-called-friends. WHY is Brooke's mother drinking or still drinking. Last I heard, that was an illness (and NO, for those wondering, I do not drink). Brooke, you are just the same as all these brats except you are older. You selfish evil bitch. I hope your children hurt you and teach you the true meaning of a mother's love and the pain it brings. KARMA you evil witch, KARMA!
2-25-2008 @ 10:40PM
Lil' Miss Sunshine said...Joyce your anger and venom shown here is absolutely frightening! You need to get help fast. The way that you go after people's lives that you don’t know, and about people you have never met-making assumptions is crazy!
*Side note-chill out if someone makes a spelling mistake-it happens all the time-people are not idiots or uneducated if it happens. My God, you sound like an old hag that sounds just like the bitter venom spouted from Brooke’s mom. Is that you mommy dearest?
What has happened in your life to make you feel this way???
Get some help fast!
Oh and it’s not 'your' it’s "both of your" when referring to Brooke and the writers mothers. Unless you think that Brooke's life had something to do with the writer’s mother. See? I didn’t have to scream and yell that you were uneducated (which you are). Because educated people have compassion for psycho people who are too afraid to do things in their own life, that they end up bitter, and spent their time spewing hate on the internet. These bitter losers (you) try to release the hatred they have for themselves through this process. Happy day to you!
2-24-2008 @ 8:24AM
cindiloohoo said...Ummm, Joyce, dear:
Your own words:
"First, learn how to spell. Possibly go back to your roots."
"they loose (which they eventually all do) their (notice the spelling idiot)"
I DID notice the spelling and maybe you shouldn't be so quick to correct others.
Look it up:
Loose: (pronounced luce) not rigidly fastened or securely attached.
Lose: (pronounced luze) to miss from one's possession or customary place.
This is a common mistake that I see all the time, but unless you are absolutely sure you are correct about the spelling of a word, maybe you shouldn't be so quick to play the role of spelling Nazi. If you are incorrect, as you definitely were in this case, it just makes you look arrogant AND stupid.
2-24-2008 @ 8:34AM
cindiloohoo said...Also, Joyce, I think you may have an incomplete and oversimplistic understanding of the theory of Karma.