Brooke Shields She provides more details about her public disagreement Tom Cruise Why did you write the opinion article in 2005?
“If Tom had publicly attacked me before I became a mother, I probably would have stayed quiet. I would have ignored his ridiculous talk. Maybe I would have just sat by while this famous man hijacked my experience to advance his own (deluded) agenda,” Shields, 59, wrote in her latest memoir. “. Brooke Shields is not allowed to age: Thoughts about aging as a woman. “I would have been satisfied that his behavior would speak for itself.”
Cruz's comments from 2005 came after Shields had turned 40. In her book – which was released on Tuesday, January 14 – she explained how this changed her perspective.
“Sitting quietly and allowing myself to be attacked may have been the approach I took a decade ago – I may have regretted sharing my story or felt insecure that my career might be faltering while a powerful male film star targeted me, certain I would.” “I never stood a chance in that fight — but now I am encouraged by life experience,” Shields wrote, adding that she is “growing in my confidence.”
For a little backstory, Shields fired her off The rain came down A memoir in May 2005, detailing her experience with Postpartum depression After welcoming his daughter Rawan, who is now 21 years old. (With Rowan, Shields and her husband Chris Henchy Her 18-year-old daughter, Greer, also shares.)
After the release, Cruise went on to today “Show up and 'belittle me,'” Shields wrote. She recalled Cruz referring to her “use of antidepressants” and calling it “dangerous.”
“I was, according to Tom, spreading misinformation,” she wrote. “Interesting opinion, coming from a woman with no ovaries.”
In response, Shields published an op-ed in New York Times.
“I was defending myself, and the women who are suffering, against the irrational and dangerous comments of an uneducated actor who was speaking out of his depth,” Shields wrote in Don't Let Brooke Shields Grow Old. Cruz's op-ed “incited outrage” and also “sparked discussions about the reality and prevalence of postpartum depression.”
Shields confirmed in her book that Cruz is “in the end.” I apologize for starting the argumentAlthough “not publicly.” Per Shields, the actress went to her house and struck up a conversation.
“It wasn't the best apology in the world, but it was something he was able to do, and I accepted it,” she wrote.
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