Brooke Shields claims ex-husband Andre Agassi body-shamed her with a backhanded compliment
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Actress Brooke Shields has claimed that her ex-husband, tennis player Andre Agassi, once body-shamed her with a backhanded compliment. Shields, 59, was married to the tennis star for two years, from 1997 to 1999, but their relationship ultimately ended in divorce.
![[Shields, 59, was married to the tennis star for two years, from 1997 to 1999, but their relationship ultimately ended in divorce]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/20/94094089-14284913-Shields_59_was_married_to_the_tennis_star_for_two_years_from_199-a-4_1736888022743.jpg)
She's opening up about their relationship in her new memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, where she shared more about her time in the modeling industry and how it gave her body image issues. 'I was very specifically told I was not runway worthy, because I wasn’t skinny enough,' Shields wrote in her new book, per People.
![[Shields, who is now married to Chris Henchy, recalled telling Agassi about these inner thoughts and insecurities]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/20/94094227-14284913-Shields_who_is_now_married_to_Chris_Henchy_recalled_telling_Agas-a-3_1736888022743.jpg)
'Being told you are "the face," you begin to believe that’s all you are — a face. From the neck up, I was Brooke Shields, but it was like my body existed in a different reality,' she penned. She recalled telling Agassi about these inner thoughts and insecurities.
![['I definitely did not see that coming and must admit I started to spin a bit,' Shields wrote, per the outlet]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/20/94094103-14284913-_I_definitely_did_not_see_that_coming_and_must_admit_I_started_t-a-6_1736888022743.jpg)
'When I would profess my insecurities to my first husband, he would always say, "I wish you could see yourself the way I see you,"' Shields wrote. 'However when I said, "Will you still love me if I’m big and fat?' (I meant once I got pregnant — an unfair question for anybody to ask another person I know!) I could never have expected his response,' she continued.
![[After Shields' divorce from Agassi, she found love with film director Chris Henchy, who she married in 2001]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/20/94094095-14284913-After_Shields_divorce_from_Agassi_she_found_love_with_film_direc-a-7_1736888022783.jpg)
Actress Brooke Shields has claimed that her ex-husband, tennis player Andre Agassi, once body-shamed her by using a backhanded compliment. Shields, 59, was married to the tennis star for two years, from 1997 to 1999, but their relationship ultimately ended in divorce.
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