‘I fought it for so long’: Brooke Shields reveals why she didn’t want her youngest daughter Grier, 17, to be a runway model
Brooke Shields opened up on Thursday’s Live with Kelly and Mark about why she was “fighting” her youngest daughter Grier’s desire to model.
During her appearance on the talk show, the 58-year-old actress – who first rose to fame as a child model – admitted she didn’t want her 17-year-old daughter to follow in her footsteps.
Despite Grier’s now burgeoning modeling career, the ‘Pretty Baby’ star, who celebrated her birthday on Wednesday, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current state of the industry.
“The rules have changed since I was there.” [a model]she explained her hesitation as she appeared on the show to promote her new documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields.
The Suddenly Susan alum also has daughter Rowan, 20, with her husband and film director Chris Henchy, 59.
Brooke Shields opened up on Thursday’s Live with Kelly and Mark about why she was “fighting” her youngest daughter Grier’s desire to model. During her appearance on the talk show, the 58-year-old actress – who first rose to fame as a child model – admitted she didn’t want her 17-year-old daughter to follow in her footsteps
Shields also said that Grier has been busy doing “little things here and there,” but remains staunch about her daughter not becoming a runway model.
“I fought it for so long,” she recalls. “It’s a completely different industry today than it used to be.”
The Blue Lagoon star also pointed out that models are under more pressure today than they used to be.
“When I was a model, we didn’t have social media,” she said, before noting that the current state of the modeling industry has become a “hit race.”
She revealed she’s worried and anxious about Grier – who is “ridiculously gorgeous” and wants to hit the runway.
In the past, Shields mainly worked with print models and did not walk the runway at fashion shows.
“It’s brutal and backstage is just brutal,” she added. “I’ve never been on the catwalk. I don’t think I would have been able to handle that.”
Because of the intensity of runway modeling, she advised her daughter not to do it.
Despite Grier’s now burgeoning modeling career, the ‘Pretty Baby’ star, who celebrated her birthday on Wednesday, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current state of the industry
The Suddenly Susan alum also has daughter Rowan, 20, with her husband and film director Chris Henchy, 59
Her experience: Shields also said she wouldn’t model her daughter like her own mother would have, and she told her daughter to sign with a modeling agency.
Eventually, she admitted she had to “give in,” but compromised by establishing strict ground rules and insisting her daughter remain enrolled in college.
“You’re going to have a great work ethic,” she recalled telling her daughter. “It won’t be comfortable and you’ll listen to me.” Those are my rules.’
Shields also said she wouldn’t treat her daughter like her own mother and urged her daughter to sign with a modeling agency.