Brooke Shields was asked an insulting question by two male doctors after she suffered a grand mal seizure in 2023.
The actress opened up to âGood Morning Americaâ viewers on Monday about the experience while encouraging women to learn to âself-advocate.â
The model, 59, recalled, âI had a seizure not too long ago and the two male doctors said, âAre you restricting yourself for dietary reasons?â ⊠You wouldnât say that to a man.â
At the time, Shields replied, âNo. Iâm a 59-year-old woman who looks younger bloated. Give me some potato chips!â
In 2023, the âPretty Babyâ star revealed she had suffered a seizure while preparing for a one-woman show at The Carlyle in New York City.
She explained in an interview with Glamour that her sodium had tanked after drinking too much water for an extended period of time and that âBradley fâking Cooperâ was holding her hand on the ambulance ride.
Shields explained Monday that she addressed her doctorsâ queries in her new memoir, âBrooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman.â
She noted that change wonât occur by âyell[ing] louderâ about such offensive statements.
Shields said, âWe just have to be secure in what we believe and to be heard because weâre not going to get anywhere by just screaming.â
Last week, Shields spoke to Us Weekly about another doctor who treated her unfairly â this one, a male plastic surgeon who did her labia surgery.
After the procedure, he âproudlyâ told the âSuddenly Susanâ alum that she had received a âlittle bonusâ while under the knife.
The doctor gave Shields a vaginal rejuvenation, which NIH defines as âdecreas[ing] the average diameter of the vagina, mainly for sexual reasons.â
The Golden Globe nominee â who is the mother of daughters Rowan, 21, and Grier, 18 â compared this âirreversible invasionâ to âa rape of some kind.â
âNothing pointed toward this need to be tighter or smaller or firmer or younger, especially there,â she told the outlet.
âBrooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Womanâ hit bookshelves on Tuesday.
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