Brooke Shields has revealed how she felt when she learned that her 23-year-old daughter had landed a role on a reality TV show.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Rowan Henchy, the eldest of Brooke’s two daughters with husband Chris Henchy, would star in season two of Bravo’s Next Gen NYC.
The model 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.
“They didn’t have reality shows,” Brooke pointed out of the 1980s, when she famously rose to fame as a model and actress. She added that it was a “different” period when people “were not praised for bad behavior.”
“Bad behavior was not really the goal, so a lot of rating is geared towards that,” the Pretty Baby star explained. When Today co-host Jenna asked if she was “worried” when Rowan told her about the opportunity to join Next Gen NYC, she confessed, “Oh, I was sick to my stomach.”
Brooke 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.
“I said, ‘Look, don’t be a f–k up. You know? Be the one, the voice of reason, and if you’re gonna parlay this’ — I mean, it’s Bravo and Peacock, she wants to be in broadcast journalism, and she also likes being on camera — so I said, ‘See if you can translate that into another opportunity, and it’s a business choice you’re making,'” Brooke recalled.
Brooke shares daughters Rowan and model daughter Grier, 20, with husband Chris. Despite her early reservations, Brooke said she has enjoyed the effect that filming season two of Next Gen NYC has had on Rowan so far.
Elsewhere during her Today show appearance, Brooke also discussed her new Acorn series titled You’re Killing Me. The six-episode-long series is a murder mystery following a bestselling novelist played by Shields and a true crime podcast host.
She previously told People that her relationship with her two daughters inspired the show. “We started talking about this generational gap — all the stuff that I feel with my daughters when they make fun of me is funny,” the mom-of-two shared.
She also gushed about serving as an executive producer alongside her leading role. “It took me a long time, longer than I hope for my girls, to realize that my voice really was important,” she said.
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