Brooke Shield's mother "disappointed" in celebrity daughter

by Angie Felton (Subscribe to Angie Felton's posts)
Feb 21st 2008 3:01PM

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.

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2-23-2008 @ 4:36PM

Eber said...

A few decades ago, the hot news and editorials was flooded with stories about how controlling Brook's mother was, and how other celebrities and family members were concerned about Brook needing independence. Apparently, Brook decided she did need the independence.

2-23-2008 @ 4:47PM

Coconutwyn said...

There are always two sides to every story.

Rosie said...

..I am on the mothers side. She's probably drinking herself to death because her daughter is an ungrateful good for nothing. What I don't understand is this.. why didn't child authorities step in if Brooke was being forced to go naked. I don't believe a child can keep a secret like that just because her studio asked her to. Kids have BIG mouths.And if what mamma did was SO wrong she should have been put in jail back then. BUT the studio bosses should also have been arrested. Money talks here. Brooke became a millionair off the nakedness and the studios became billionairs off her. It doesn;t seen to me she's suffering too much she's always working. So her mother must have done something right. Ya know being 15 and asked to go naked and you do it without objecting VERY LOUD means it didn't bother her that much.

2-23-2008 @ 4:46PM

Karen said...

I don't mean to be bias or anything of the sort but my mother is the best and only friend I have in this world. Soon you guys and Brooke will realize that friends including husbands move on and the only one left is mom. I know that they can be tough sometimes and retaliate to the bottle, drugs, abusive words, but when all is said and done they are the ones we can call at 2 o'clock in the morning when times are rough. I am a mom myself and I get really tough on them because I want them to be better than I was and achieve more than I have achieved and yes I do call them names when I am mad and even get physical sometimes, but I love them to death and they know that I am the only one would give them my heart in an instant. Brooke my advice to you is stick with your mom. Don't forget you have kids and someday they will be grown too and you all will have your differences but they will always love you because you are mom. I hope for one second you don't believe that moron you are married too will have your back, child you need to watch tru-tv to see what bastards men are. GIRLS LOVE YOUR MOM, THEY ARE ALL YOU GOT!

2-23-2008 @ 4:53PM

Lisa said...

Why is mom going to the tabloids with this? She's only making things worse for herself. Better to keep things private and work on trying to get along.

2-23-2008 @ 4:56PM

eric troxell said...

dont forget, brookes mom was PAID for this. someone tipped off the enquirer and they paid her for the interview. you know the enquirer, the better the juice, the better the pay i bet. i worked with abused kids, and yes, some parents arent fit to be parents. nuff said

2-23-2008 @ 5:29PM

Marge Holt said...

Once an Alcoholic, always a whiner, always needy, always blaming others, always capable of lying, stealing, cheating and drinking again. Get on with your happy, productive life, Brooke! Shield your precious babies from this harpy who "pimped" you out for money. There's no excuse like the old excuse, "I needed money for drink." No chance for change; just love her long-distance and pray for her.

2-23-2008 @ 5:38PM

Nic said...

You sound like a really angry person that has some unsettled deep seated issues & your useing the fact about her problems with her mother to vent about your own.Your anger & hostility is just dripping off your comment with poison.Get some HELP & get it FAST.

2-23-2008 @ 5:01PM

Michele said...

>>> She later became a child model for Eileen Fisher.

2-23-2008 @ 5:09PM

missmymom said...

You must really have hated your mother "You don't know me."That's how your message sounded. As for Brooke, I always liked her but she really should spend more time with her Mom no matter what. I lost my Mom in 2003 and I regret everyday that I wasn't there more. I really miss her.

2-23-2008 @ 5:22PM

NANCY said...

I remember when she played in that movie Pretty Baby,she was a stunning looking child.She was a real beauty with her hair done up & she was in a little white dress(in the middle of a whore house).Even now when I pull a picture up of her from that movie I just have to stare at it,I still have not seen a child come along since that has that look.Her beauty was just untouchable with nothing or no one to match it yet.

2-23-2008 @ 5:12PM

Petey said...

Who cares?

Rebecca said...

I do not condone what Brooke's mother did, but at the same time I believe in her desperateness and anger she just made a bad judgement call. I don't think she necessarily said anything negative about Brooke. She stated she missed her and her grandchildren and wished they would visit more often. Being around an alcoholic is not the best environment, but I have yet to read anything where Brooke is seeking help for her as other celebrities have done for their families. Someone took care of Brooke before she was able to take of herself. A little gratitude for that is not much to ask for. At least Brooke has a hubby. Her mother did it all by herself with no daddy to help support her.

2-23-2008 @ 5:17PM

tootsie said...

If I remember right, there was a lot of problems...main one being what happened to the money that was to have been put aside for Brooke and who was in control of Brooke. If it was even half true, I do support Brooke for making the break and keeping a distance from her mother. Who ever thinks that pushing a child out of the birth canal makes a mother is full of deep doo doo. I am a daughter, mother and grandmother. I kept my kids away from my mother as she was not too well balanced and I did not need them influenced or abused by her. I would do it again in a second. The "lady" needs to keep her mouth shut on the subject and reinvent herself so that she might have some sort of relationship some day with her family. Brooke and her husband need to do what they feel is right for themselves and the children. I would not include someone that took money to hang the family problems out for people like us to read and hear about.

2-23-2008 @ 5:26PM

definitedoll said...

Well it was Teri that got Brooke into show biz.
And yes, maybe she was protective of her daughter,but she took good care of Brooke.
Brooke has been successful, never really got into any trouble, she went to Princeton University, got a nice education, and didn't seem to fall into any drug or alcohol problems like todays young stars.

Seems Teri did okay after all!!

2-23-2008 @ 5:27PM

Teresa said...

I'm about the same age as Brooke and I remember growing up thinking what kind of a Mom would let her do some of the things she did. I did respect the fact of sending Brooke to college and keeping her pretty level headed. I think Brooke took over as she became a woman and Teri had to let go (but didn't want to). I think Brooke has become a wonderful person, great mother and if she cared to be around her Mom a lot, she would, so maybe Mommy-dearest should take the hint and go to an AA meeting.

Vinyl Cat said...

I lived in the same northern NJ town where Brooke spent her high school years, and I can tell you that Teri Shields *is* an alcoholic and has been battling the bottle for decades. She's not a nice person. Brooke always tried to make her mom happy but nothing she ever did was good enough...and having a very difficult mother myself, I applaud the fact that Brooke is maintaining a distance between her family and her mother. If the woman is sick enough to vent to the damn Enquirer, would YOU feel comfortable taking your children to her house? Moreover, Brooke was indeed put into many situations beyond her maturity level as a child and teen, and it was solely Teri's fault. She was a selfish stage mother-figure without a maternal bone in her body. I give props to Brooke for dealing with her as best she can (and I certainly don't envy her position!).

You only have one mom,once she is gone that's it.

2-23-2008 @ 5:30PM

what a beauty she was as a child.

blossom said...

I have never read or heard any negative publicity regarding Brooke Shields..
I would be extremely proud to call her my daughter ...
She is beautiful inside and out.. despite the way she was raised..
Its wonderful that her mom Teri got her into the Ivory commercials.. something most moms would do given the opportunity and such a precious child...
I am totally disgusted with any mother that would even consider allowing the role ... Pretty Baby... it was a horrible way to exploit a child...an eleven year old should be protected by their parents from knowing that seedy side of life....Blue Lagoon and Endless Love was naturally agreed upon by greedy selfish parents with no regard to their childs future mental stablility...
Teri made the decisions for her minor child Brooke...Teri lived a good life hanging onto her .. now she is slamming a daughter that developed into a good decent person despited the way she was raised..
Let Brooke make her own decisions... stay out of her private life... let her protect her children in her own way...
Teri, if you truly want to be with your daughter and grandchildren then straighten out your life and show you are worthy...

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