Brooke Shields Says It ‘Felt Good To Really feel Smaller’ Throughout Romance With Tennis Star Andre Agassi

The actress, who covers April/Might 2024 difficulty of AARP The Journal, the actress, detailed the enjoyment she took in feeling “smaller” than Agassi through the peak of his fame on the tennis court docket.

“With Andre, it additionally felt good to really feel smaller than one other, as a result of he was so well-known and no 1 on this planet,” Shields, who was married to the previous world star tennis participant from 1997 to 1999, instructed the outlet.

She continued, “In all places we went, he had tons of bodyguards. I might sit again as a result of it wasn’t my world. He was the primary one out of the automotive once we arrived at occasions.”

Whereas their marriage was short-lived, the 58-year-old mentioned she credit her ex-husband for serving to her “separate” from her late mom, Teri, as a supervisor.

“It was a transition that I wanted. I wasn’t sturdy sufficient to separate from my mom Teri alone,” Shields shared. “I saved falling again in.”

Beforehand dishing on her marriage to Agassi, Shields instructed Marc Maron throughout an episode of his WTF with Marc Maron podcast final 12 months that she “married a really controlling individual.”

“I married an trade. I married a conglomerate. I might disappear in it, and I liked it, and I wanted it… I wanted a cushion. He took care of the whole lot,” Shields defined.

“Rapidly, I used to be protected,” she shared, including that she “laughed loads” throughout their relationship.

As for his or her divorce, the All of a sudden Susan star mentioned is was “not ugly,” and she or he believed they might hold in touch, however that was not the case.

“That is not the sort of individual he’s,” Shields mentioned. “Whenever you’re out, you are out.”

Following her divorce from Agassi, Shields moved on with screenwriter and producer Chris Henchy. The pair tied the knot in 2001 and share daughters Rowan, 20, and Grier, 17.

“He makes me chuckle,” Shields mentioned to AARP of Henchy. “I feel I at all times knew that I wanted strong and regular. And he is a really, excellent dad. He goes to each basketball sport, each volleyball sport. And the children love being round him too.”

Of the pair’s daughters, she added, “They’re very old-souled youngsters. Persona-wise, Rowan’s like a golden retriever pet and Grier is like an Abyssinian cat.”

Most of her story now instructed in her lately launched Hulu documentary, Fairly Child: Brooke Shields, she’s on to new ventures, together with her upcoming rom-com, Mom of the Bride, due out on Netflix Might 9.