Brooke Shields Got a Text from 'Blue Lagoon' Director After Documentary | The Drew Barrymore Show

Actor, model, and survivor, Brooke Shields, joins Drew Barrymore to talk about her powerful documentary "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields." Drew and Brooke bond over their complicated relationships with their mothers, who both managed their careers when they were younger. Plus, Brooke discusses what it was like to get responses from people like "Blue Lagoon" director, Randal Kleiser so many years later.

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Brooke Shields Got a Text from "Blue Lagoon" Director After Documentary | The Drew Barrymore Show

[nataliegandhi]

can we have a roundtable with all the child actors talking about their experiences

[David_Jaz]

I love Drew. But I feel like soon Drew will be sitting directly on guests laps during interviews. 😄

[the_key_x]

It boils down to one thing: *exploitation*
Both Drew and Brooke were completely exploited by their mothers, for status, money and power.
Hats off to Drew and Brooke for not letting them win in the end.

[loveli]

I watched Brooke's documentary and I think she is still in some denial about the truth of her mother's actions, the actions of everyone in the industry who exploited her, and her mother's failures to protect her. I think this is to protect herself.

[CraigSmith-qqsr]

Brooke was unfortunately sexualized at a very young age, it is a miracle she is not very mentally ill at her age. She has been through so much. My generation grew up with Brooke and love her so much.

[britit]

I hope Brooke never accepts a call or apology from any of these men. They don't deserve to disturb her peace. She is now the keeper and protector of her peace.

[sahej]

wow…when Drew said her mother followed Terry Shields… Brooke looked horrified! So important

[emiliemartin]

I love how genuine Drew is but i feel like she would be invading my personal space bubble too much.

[rosevillewoman]

What is terrible about Brooke saying her mother relied on her to pay basic bills is that her father was very wealthy and his mother was actually an Italian princess but her mother refused any alimony money from him even though she had a child to raise. Brooke said in the documentary that when she was at her father’s house growing up she had a normal family experience. I wish her father was more involved in the type of roles she was allowed to play. No child at 10-11 years old should ever have been allowed to play a child prostitute and be naked in a movie.

[kathleen]

She didn't protect her, she exposed her.

[PokhrajRoy.]

I’m so happy that both of them have each other as friends and confidantes.

[leeannsolice]

Adoring Drew. She is the sweet girl at the teen sleepover who really wants to hear everyone's story and snuggle up and braid everyone's hair. I just love getting a glimpse of her sweet little girlness still alive in her authentic reach for connections with people.

[FacheChanteDeux]

This really broke my heart. Even though they wound up having a lot of amazing things happen in their lives, the corruption of their childhoods is very sad.

[andreaus.]

I RRREALLLYYY hope people understand how important is to watch Drew exist the way she does, in SUCH a viscerally authentic way. Her physical self-placement is SO immediately disarming, it leaves no room for facade on anyone whose energy, quite literally, pulls her towards them.

[BeeGirlz]

So sorry that both of these women went through what they did as children. Brooke said she was used as a pawn for the men to get what they were after. This interview is so honest, raw, emotional, deep, and I feel such compassion and admiration for them rising above all of that and being strong women today.

[castodivo]

Drew Barrymore is doing some thing that is completely her own and revolutionary. She’s gonna go down as one of the great talk show hosts. She connects with people in a way that I’ve never seen.

[chrisstaley]

I seriously love Drew's genuinely cares about everyone that she talks to. She's such a genuine, pure and loving soul in this need more people like Drew Barrymore in this world. It would be a much happier and peaceful place.

[BurntOakSix]

When Drew said she thinks her mom was so enamored with her that she actually wanted to be with the people she (Drew) had been with, I simultaneously cringed and felt incredibly sad for Drew. She didn't deserve that. That is so other level creepy! :'(

[dlm]

WOW Drew is so close to her I would be uncomforable having someone in my space like that

[amycarroll]

Drew’s Mum dating her boyfriends IS SO CRAZY. That is something that I cannot comprehend. I don’t have the words