Brooke Shields talks about new documentary, 'Pretty Baby' l GMA 

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I wondered what that noise was.

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Brooke herself defends Pretty Baby as a work of art.

I swear I remember Brooke's mother saying in an interview that she didn't get child support from Brooke's dad but requested he pay 100% of her college in return.

@@dianecelento4974 yes Brooke did say that in an interview that her mother refused alimony & that he pay for college

Yes this film hurt lots of children back then who were the same age as Brooke. How I know because I have a friend who was molested by her step father and her mom when she was 9yrs old and her mom groomed her to try and look like Pretty Baby for her husband, they got the idea from the movie to dress her up like that and molest her. Horrible!

@@barbarajones9385 Sad. It seems she may suffer from trauma bond and cognitive dissonance about how bad she was being sexualized by her own mom.

Not a she.

same!

That’s what I was thinking too,as I’m a former tech/sound engineer assistant for theatre in college. I also was an assistant state manager for a few plays as well. I feel so much better now that it was actually happening, I was so distracted by it I couldn’t keep up with that interview. I was like, is the sound tech asleep that morning? Like so very annoying and I’m pretty sure they could fix it by showing a clip or during a commercial break

You don't need to be a producer or sound tech to be annoyed by that. Was no one doing their job? Either the necklace needed to go or she needed to be re-miced in a different spot. As a show, GMA is always so half-assed. It was very distracting and like nails on a chalk board.

It was moved after they showed the clip of her kids.

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Pretty male.

She should've been slapped and then arrested. Disgusting mother for sure.

Isn’t it also creepy that a grown a** man would accept a role, knowing he’s going to be “intimate” with an 11 year old?? So many people that are just gross in Hollywood.

It was all part of a master plan. 👿

I kinda wish she would own up to the fact her mom was a narcissist very much like Drew Barrymore's mom and Kim Kardashian's mom, seems like the industry breeds these type of narcissists and then it turns in to generational abuse. If we want to evolve from this type of behavior in the industry and with our own abusive family dynamics then we need to own it and not excuse generational abuse or try to rationalize it away.

@@julief634 unfortunately narcissism is deeply set in so many industries. And narcissistic parents hurt their children so much.

Her mother could say no.

@@mirjanapucarevic2105 that was the problem, the mother was an alcoholic and probably desperate for $$, fame and attention

She is beautiful and will always be beautiful....

@@mirjanapucarevic2105 Her mother isn't HER. She should have been able to trust her mother to respect her as a human being and as a child in need of protected innocence. So please, don't write or speak those words, "Her mother could say no." as if BROOKE had any power over those decisions.

@@patricelockertanthony7630 i am not blaming Brooke i was blaming her mother that she allowed it that nude scene in the movie her naked on the tray

Oh yeah , what an arduous journey it's been; a downright nightmare - this pampered life of wealth and privilege ..try going out getting and holding a real job in the _real_ world where *no one* is 'playing make-believe' and the monsters don't come out of ''central casting''. Brooke Shields has always seemed like a decent person but she truly has very little if anything to complain about in this life.

Boy are you wrong!! Bring raped has s huge impact on someone’s life!! She has handled the good and bad with grace. She didn’t live a normal life. People think all the money snd fame is do great, it comes with s high price……

@@manofiske3318 what she did was a real job. Being in the entertainment business can either be a horror show or it can be rewarding in many ways. But when you are a child and pushed into it as she was THAT is ABUSE. And ANY abuse in any form is trauma that affects every aspect of a person's life. Celebrities are human beings with feelings and faults just like anyone else in the world, they are just known. If they choose to share their stories to help others then I think that is a very courageous thing to do. Because they don't HAVE to. She also has spoken in the past about suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her child and was vilified for doing it which was very unfair.

I think you're overreacting. It didn't seem that abrupt. She commanded the majority of the commentary throughout this interview. In addition, she and George (the male) and his wife are great friends. I don't think she was offended. He seemed quite respectful throughout.

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Right?! Ugh i couldn’t imagine hearing my mom talk about some of the things she says in the documentary especially for the first time 😬 it would be so much to process

I only watched it once as a teenager on tv years ago I thought this was shocking but a good story at the same time. But sadly the film depicts reality, children have been sold for sex, labor etc. for centuries and unfortunately still happening now

No one denied it was only a movie. But, what truly intelligent people know is that it's not okay to present any child in a sexualized way. And please remember that what you saw on late night TV was highly edited to make it acceptable to run on even late night TV.

It's the necklace scraping against the mic. Idiot sound guy should have noticed that.

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Well! Did you know that there's a movie called "Pretty in Pink"?

Is that what that is

Yep. You and I are the only two people commenting here who seem to have noticed that!

@@f.b.8254 maybe we are the only two people watching who are sound engineers :)?

Dang sound guy!

First of all, I'm so very sorry for the childhood you experienced. I wish you continued healing. I'm only about 5 years older than Brooke, and back when Pretty Baby was happening, even I knew it was wrong. Don't be fooled into thinking there was no backlash. Still a kid myself, I distinctly remember the uproar over presenting a child in such a sexualized way. While I found it disgusting, sadly, it only seemed to serve as box office fodder. Meanwhile, every adult involved in the film repeatedly defended it, including Brooke's own mother. Clearly, they were only motivated by greed, fame, or something darker. Brooke at the time was too young and too innocent to realize the very serious connotations of being presented in such a sexualized manner, not just for herself, but for all children. She was a sweet kid who wanted to please her mother and every adult in the room. She was focused on being professional and trying her best to do a good job, and she approached the role that way. I remember that in interviews she herself innocently protested the backlash and defended her role. The whole thing is just plain sad. I can understand the industry misusing her because their motivation was either greed or something far sinister, but I can't get past the mother going along with it. Brooke was an incredibly sweet and beautiful child, who should have been treated like the child she was, regardless of her breathtaking looks. I always used to believe that perhaps her mother was motivated by survival since she was a single mom. I was quite astonished to find out decades later, that Brooke's dad was still in her life after her parents' divorce, that he was actually quite wealthy, and that he did indeed provide financial support for Brooke. Therefore, what possible excuse could the mother have had? It appears the mom herself was also seeking financial reward and that she was a stage mother seeking fame. It's miraculous that this girl turned into such an amazing woman. As for director Louie Malle, I have to ask myself if Candace Bergen would have ever let their own daughter Chloe play that role. Or Susan Sarandon ever let her young daughter play the role? I'm gonna assume the answer would be a giant "NO".

The title fits to tell her side of the narrative. That movie shot her into the spotlight and was the beginning of several controversial / innapropriate roles as a child. She was treated/ exploited like a "pretty baby".. The title is very fitting for a documentary talking about that experience.

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