Brooke Shields’ youthful daughter, Grier, recalled studying about her mom’s sexual assault for the primary time when she watched the actress’s 2023 documentary “Fairly Child.”
The 2-part collection took an all-encompassing take a look at Shields’ profession and detailed the extraordinary media scrutiny and sexual objectification she confronted because the star of the controversial films “Fairly Child” and “The Blue Lagoon.”
In “Fairly Child,” which premiered February 2023 on the Sundance Movie Pageant, Shields, 59, revealed for the primary time she had been raped in her 20s by an unnamed business skilled.
Grier lately joined her mom and her sister Rowan, 21, for an interview with Individuals journal, during which she remembered her shock over the revelation.
“I used to be studying about issues the identical time that the world was and I simply took it extra deeply and personally,” Grier mentioned. “I could not even get via it.”
Shields, who shares her two daughters together with her husband Chris Hency, defined that Rowan knew concerning the assault, however Grier was unaware.
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“I didn’t put together her,” the mannequin admitted. “It was a miscommunication. I had defined it was an exploration of sexualization of ladies in my business however I used to be naively pondering that as a result of we had such a stable, wholesome, pretty regular existence and I’m not utterly broken that she would say, ‘Wow you’ve come via lots however look the place we’re at the moment.’”
The 2-time Golden Globe Award nominee mentioned she regretted not discussing her expertise with Grier beforehand upon seeing her daughter’s response.
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“I advised her ‘however there’s a contented ending’ and he or she mentioned, ‘I’ll by no means be okay with pondering one thing dangerous occurred to you,'” Shields recalled.
“She ended up lacking the comfortable half,” the actress continued. “She felt helpless, and simply as a mother, we make errors and generally we make assumptions.”
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“To see the documentary or to see your mother and father as a public determine that different folks have opinions on is simply an odd state of affairs,” Shields acknowledged.
“A part of being a mother is studying out of your youngsters,” she mentioned. “I’ve discovered lots by listening to them.”
“Fairly Child” was launched in April 2023 on Hulu. In a March 2023 interview with Individuals journal, Shields opened up about being sexually assaulted and defined why she was prepared to share her story after greater than three many years.
“It’s taken me this lengthy to course of it… I used to be by no means prepared prior. I needed to course of it in my very own manner and by myself phrases,” Shields mentioned.
“All people processes their very own trauma on a unique timeline… it simply felt like the best time now.”