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Brooke Shields Upset Over Daughters Reality TV Role

Brooke Shields revealed her honest reaction to learning her 23-year-old daughter Rowan Henchy had been cast in a reality TV show.Earlier this month, it was anno...

Brooke Shields Upset Over Daughters Reality TV Role
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 revealed her honest reaction to learning her 23-year-old daughter Rowan Henchy had been cast in a show.

Earlier this month, it was announced that Rowan, the eldest of Shields's two daughters with husband Chris Henchy, would star in season two of Bravo's Next Gen .

While appearing on Wednesday's episode of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, Shields admitted that the news of her daughter's casting made her 'sick to her stomach.'

The actress, 60, was wary of Rowan getting into Hollywood at a young age but acknowledged that the industry has changed since her own early rise to fame nearly five decades ago.

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'They didn't have reality shows,' Shields said of the 1980s, when she famously rose to stardom as a model and actress.

She added that it was a 'different' period when people 'were not praised for bad behavior.'

Brooke Shields revealed her honest reaction to learning her 23-year-old daughter Rowan Henchy had been cast in a reality TV show 

'Bad behavior was not really the goal, so a lot of rating is geared towards that.'

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When Today co-host Hager asked Shields if she was 'worried' when Rowan told her about the opportunity to join Next Gen NYC, the star answered: 'Oh, I was sick to my stomach.'

Shields said that she has since advised her daughter, who has a passion for broadcast journalism, on how to act in front of reality TV cameras.

 Shields said that she has since advised her daughter, who has a passion for broadcast journalism, on how to act in front of reality TV cameras

The Pretty Baby star shares daughters Rowan and Grier, 20, with husband Chris Henchy; seen in December 2022

Shields began her life in the spotlight as a young model and was 14 when she starred in the infamous film Blue Lagoon.

She also appeared in a campaign for Calvin Klein as a 15-year-old. 

'We shouldn't just see 15-year-old bodies. I don't want a 15-year-old body. I don't want to look like a little boy,' Shields told Social Life magazine in 2017.

'It's a cutthroat and demoralizing business. Plus, they want you when they want you, and you have to be there for auditions and work, and my kids aren't missing school.' 

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