Brooke Shields cries after her daughter Rowan, 19, returns to Wake Forest University for her sophomore year: ‘It’s so hard!’
Former child star Brooke Shields shared a video of herself crying at her $4.3 million home in Hamptons on Thursday after her daughter Rowan Francis Henchy drove back to Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
The 19-year-old Chi Omega sorority is about to enter her sophomore year, but that didn’t make things any easier for the 57-year-old New York native.
“I thought it would be easier the second time because she was already gone and she’s been with me all summer,” Brooke – who has 3.8million social media followers – said while breaking down.
Emotional: Former child star Brooke Shields shared a video of herself crying at her $4.3 million home in Hamptons on Thursday after her daughter Rowan Francis Henchy drove back to Wake Forest University in North Carolina
‘I’m not going with her. She drives with her father, but she takes my car, which was my car, as my graduation gift car, so she will drive it. It was just too painful.
“I don’t think I could ever leave campus again. So if anyone else is going through this, we’re all in this together.”
Shields noted she had to get her “roots done” before she cried, “Oh it’s so hard, I miss her already. Our babies. That’s what you want. You raise them to leave you.’
“I thought it would be easier the second time around”: The 19-year-old sister of the Chi Omega Connection is about to enter her sophomore year, but that didn’t make it any easier for the 57-year-old New York native
Brooke said: “Oh it’s so hard, I miss her already. Our babies. That’s what you want. You tease them to leave you
The Beginning Is Now founder previously said dropping Rowan was the “worst thing I’ve ever been in my entire life” while appearing on the November 17 episode of LIVE with Kelly and Ryan.
“But I want to send the younger one to college now,” Brooke said of her 16-year-old daughter, Grier Hammond Henchy.
Shields earned a bachelor’s degree in French literature from Princeton University in 1987, while her second husband, Chris Henchy, earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of New Mexico.
No more drop-offs: Shields previously said dropping Rowan was the “worst thing I’ve ever experienced in my life” while appearing on the November 17 episode of LIVE with Kelly and Ryan
“But I want to send the younger one to college now,” the Beginning Is Now founder said of her 16-year-old daughter, Grier Hammond Henchy (R, pictured May 4).
Educated family: Brooke earned a bachelor’s degree in French literature from Princeton University in 1987, while her second husband Chris Henchy (R, pictured in 2021) earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of New Mexico
The two-time Golden Globe nominee originally met the 58-year-old Eurovision Song Contest producer at the Warner Bros. property in 1999. On April 4, they celebrated 21 years of marriage.
Audiences can next see Brooke play Daniella in Guy Jacobson’s upcoming legal comedy Out of Order! alongside Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Luis Guzmán and Sandra Bernhard.
Last year, Shields executive produced and starred in the Netflix holiday comedy A Castle for Christmas alongside Cary Elwes.
“It has been such an honor to work with this insanely talented cast!” Audiences can next see Shields play Daniella in Guy Jacobson’s upcoming legal comedy Out of Order! alongside Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Luis Guzmán and Sandra Bernhard