Brooke Shields Says ’81 Barbara Walters Interview Was Inappropriate

Brooke Shields says Barbara Walters put her in an uncomfortable place throughout an interview 41 years in the past — when Brooke was nonetheless a minor — and it sticks along with her to today.

The actress and mannequin recalled the 1981 interview she did with Walters … when Shields was contemporary off of a well-known Calvin Klein advert marketing campaign. On Tuesday, she informed her story on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” saying BW grilled her in an inappropriate method.

Brooke, who was 15 on the time, recollects Walters fishing for a sound chew by asking for her measurements on the spot … making Brooke really feel like Walters was evaluating herself to the teenager idol.

In hindsight, Brooke says she felt it wasn’t proper on the time — however says she performed alongside and did as she was informed. Since then, she says she’s realized the right way to say no and get up for herself.

Walters and Shields appear to have made peace in more moderen years — they’ve posed for lots of photographs collectively, and all the time seemed completely satisfied. Shields additionally mentioned she would not maintain something in opposition to Walters now, and respects her profession and legacy.

Walters is much from the one legacy broadcaster who’s come underneath scrutiny of late for outdated sit-downs … Britney Spears known as out Diane Sawyer not too way back for an interview in the 2000s that she felt was out of bounds too.