Brooke Shields was angry at Barbara Walters after a 1981 interview in which Walters was quizzed about her measurements, and how she had been sexually abused when she was only 15.
During an appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, the model, 56, spoke of being ‘oversexualised’ in her controversial Calvin Klein campaign, in which she caused shockwaves for the ad’s provocative nature.
Brooke, who was infuriated by Barbara’s questions regarding her sexual past and measurements, remarked that it was almost criminal. This is journalism.
Barbara said that her childhood had been stolen, in an interview with Brooke. She also made comments to Teri about Brooke’s mother Brooke and her body and statistics.
Brooke Shields says it’s almost criminal: Brooke Shields attacked Barbara Walters in 1981 after an interview where she was quizzed about her sexual past when she was only 15.
Brooke took part in the interview as part of her campaign for Calvin Klein, in which she was seen saying to the camera: ‘You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? There was a lot of outcry and criticism.
Dax admitted that the shock interview was disturbing and added, “That Barbara Walters interview has been maddening.”
Barbara asked Brooke about her measurements during the chat. Brooke responded: “I am 5ft10” and “120lbs”, before Barbara requested to be next to Brooke.
She then stated that people don’t realize how tall or thin you were when they see you. You have not been able to stand next to anyone.
Shock: Speaking of the interview, where she was joined by her mum Teri, she was asked a series of intimate questions about her sexual history and her measurements by Barbara, an infuriated Brooke reflected: ‘It’s practically criminal. It’s not journalism.
Brooke was then asked about her relationship with her mother, and she replied: “Would your mother be like mine?” How about those who claim she never had a childhood? Brooke replied, “Well, I still go through my childhood.”
Brooke and Teri were both questioned by her. Are you going through the pain of your childhood?
Brooke said, “I’d rather not do it.” It’s a wonderful experience and one that I don’t want to miss.
Barbara asked: ‘Does your mother have secrets?Brooke answered, “We tell each other every detail.” It’s not that I won’t tell her some things. She is the one I tell.
“It isn’t journalism,” Shields said of the 1981 interview with Walters.
Brooke said that Brooke was originally supposed to be in a second campaign. However, she was only able to go once. She began to be more. Designer is more synonymous with jeans than designer.
It was to be a 2-year contract. I signed up to the next campaign. That didn’t happen. I realized that it was confirmation in such a manner that my identification with the jeans was greater than I thought. [Calvin]…
“It nearly backfired on us.” It almost seemed like people came in looking for Brooke Shields jeans. But that wasn’t the point.
Brooke claimed she was ignorant of Brooke’s double entendre in her ads.
In an interview with Vogue, Brooke said she was very ‘protected’ and ‘didn’t think it was sexual in nature’ — so she was ‘shocked’ when the media went crazy for it, accusing her of utilizing a control of her sexuality that she didn’t posses.
Backlash. Brooke received criticism for appearing in 1980 Calvin Klein ads, where she asked: ‘You want the truth between me and my Calvins? Here she is in November 2021.
She stated that she believed I was more intelligent than I really am. This didn’t seem to bother me. [The line]Didn’t come to my mind as anything sexual, or sexualized.
Brooke recalls how Calvin Klein reached out to Teri Shields about Brooke being in the ads. She was so thrilled for this opportunity.
She stated that she didn’t fully understand Calvin Klein when I was 15 because he wasn’t coming into the Zeitgeist in the same way. It was about Richard Avedon calling my mother and telling her, “We are doing a series very unusual commercials.”
‘It didn’t faze me’: Recently the actress insisted she was ‘naive’ about the double entendre she famously uttered in the ads
The shoot, in and of itself, was closed to the public. Avedon was making his first foray in the commercial industry, I believe. He was nervous, I believe. She remembered that the stakes were high, and she felt a lot pressure.
“The choreography was precise and deliberate. She said, “Every little bit,” referring to a particular pose where she placed one knee on the ground and the other on her foot with the other in the air.
I was proud to be trusted with something that included acting and visuals. She said that it was either going to be part of the “zeitgeist” or not.
Take a pose: Shields & Walters in 2016.
They shot several different ads, including the one that would go on to jump start her career — because of the implication that she wasn’t wearing underwear with her jeans.
“I was foolish, and I did not think much of it,” she said. It had nothing to do underwear. I don’t believe it is sexual. About my sister, I would say the same thing. Nobody could stand between us.
She continued, “If they intended to use the double entendre they didn’t explain that to me,” she said. It didn’t bother me. I didn’t see it as anything sexual or sexualized.
Hitting back: In an interview with Vogue, Brooke said she was very ‘protected’ and ‘didn’t think it was sexual in nature’ — so she was ‘shocked’ when the media went crazy for it, accusing her of utilizing a control of her sexuality that she didn’t posses