Shortly afterwards, Shields experienced postpartum depression and began taking antidepressants. I'm not meant to be a mother,' she added.Īfter trying six more times for a child, Shields eventually became pregnant and gave birth to her first daughter Rowan in 2003. When recounting her journey, Shields said she thought she was being 'punished.'

Shields decided to try in vitro fertilization (IVF), which was unsuccessful, and later, experienced a miscarriage three months after she got pregnant for the very first time. Shields said that she and her husband, film director and screenwriter Chris Henchy, experienced difficulties when trying to conceive. And that always just seared me.'įrom Shields' first kiss at the age of 11 to her bombshell relationship with Michael Jackson, here are the 10 most heartbreaking revelations from 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields': 'Over and over and over and over and over. She's a sex symbol,''' Shields says in the series. 'The entirety of my life, it was, 'She's a pretty face. Directed by Lana Wilson, the two-part feature chronicles Shields' tumultuous life and career through extensive archival footage along with interviews with Shields herself, her close friends and culture reporters and film historians. And, more recently, we've seen it with Millie Bobby Brown and Billie Eilish.Īs for Shields, the '80s icon is now retelling her story in 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,' a new ABC News documentary that's named after the 1978 film of the same name. The tale of the overly sexualized teenage star is, unfortunately, not an uncommon one. The shaming of Brooke Shields: Actress addresses backlash after her sexualized '80s Calvin Klein ad

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