Brooke Shields victim of body shaming by her ex Andre Agassi: she confides

Published on January 15, 2025 at 2:47 p.m.

In her book published on January 14 called “Brooke Shields is not Allowed to Get Old”, Brooke Shields opened up about her complicated relationship with her ex-husband Andre Agassi. The actress notably revealed that she had been the victim of comments about her physique from the former tennis player.

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According to the actress, Andre Agassi would have used double meaning compliments during their relationship, to criticize her for her physique. “I love you too much to let you get fat!” », the tennis player would have said to him one day. A reflection that the model did not expect from her husband: “It worked on me,” she says.

The tumultuous relationship between Brooke Shields and Andre Agassi

Brooke Shields and Andre Agassi married in 1997, before divorcing two years later, in 1999. Their union, although short, was tumultuous and the spouses never had children together: “Be grateful that we “We weren’t going to have children, because I wouldn’t have made it easy for you,” Andre Agassi reportedly said to the actress at the time of their separation.

A feeling shared by the actress, today the mother of two daughters: Rowan, 21 years old, and Grier, 18 years old, with her husband Chris Henchy. “I’m glad I didn’t get pregnant by my first husband because that would have been a disaster. When we divorced, he was very clear about it,” she wrote.