Brooke Shields has opened up about her relationship with ex-husband Andre Agassi.
In a new interview with AARP Magazinethe 58-year-old actress – who is now married to Chris Henchy – reflected on her past romance with the tennis phenom, now 53 – to whom she was married from 1997-1999.
“With Andre, it also felt good to feel smaller than someone else, because he was so famous and number one in the world,” she remembers.
Brooke added, “Everywhere we went he had tons of bodyguards.
‘I could sit back, because it wasn’t my world. He was the first one out of the car when we arrived at events.”
Brooke Shields has opened up about her relationship with ex-husband Andre Agassi
In a new interview with AARP magazine, the 58-year-old model – who is now married to Chris Henchy – reflected on her past romance with the now 53-year-old tennis phenomenon to whom she was married from 1997 to 1999 (photo 1997).
Brooke also talked about how her ex supported her through her divorce from her late mother, who had been her manager.
‘It was a transition that I needed. “I wasn’t strong enough to divorce my mother Teri on my own,” she admitted to the publication. “I kept falling into it.”
In an earlier interview with People she revealed that her therapist still tells her, “I will always be grateful to Andre for lovingly helping you divorce your mother.”
At the time, she also said of her long-term relationship with the athlete, “We understood each other’s journey towards being famous – or infamous – at such a young age.”
Shields dated screenwriter and producer Henchy and married him in 2001.
The two share daughters Rowan Francis, 20, and Grier Hammond, 17.
When talking about her current husband, she told AARP, “He makes me laugh. I think I always knew I needed solid and normal.
“And he’s a very, very good father. He goes to every basketball game, every volleyball game. And the kids love being around him too.”
“With Andre, it also felt good to feel smaller than someone else, because he was so famous and number one in the world,” Brooke recalls (photo 1999).
The former couple pictured in 1984
The actress shared her ‘love’ for Henchy on Instagram last month for Valentine’s Day
While talking about her girls, the proud mother described the young ladies as old souls.
“They’re very old-fashioned kids,” she noted. “Personally speaking, Rowan looks like a golden retriever puppy and Grier looks like an Abyssinian cat.”
This past Valentine’s Day, Brooke shared throwback snaps with her husband in an Instagram carousel.
She wrote, “Happy Valentine’s Day, my love! xx.’
