Brooke Shields Admitted She “Beat” Herself Up “For A Long Time” Over The Bond Her Husband Formed With Their Newborn While She Had Postpartum Depression
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Brooke Shields Admitted She “Beat” Herself Up “For A Long Time” Over The Bond Her Husband Formed With Their Newborn While She Had Postpartum Depression,Back in 2005, Tom Cruise infamously told Brooke that she was “dangerous” for spreading “irresponsible misinformation” when she first spoke out about her experience with postpartum depression.
Brooke Shields Admitted She “Beat” Herself Up “For A Long Time” Over The Bond Her Husband Formed With Their Newborn While She Had Postpartum Depression
Brooke Shields has candidly opened up about her experience with postpartum depression.
Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic“It was so bleak,” she said. “My mother-in-law called me and said I had dead eyes. I finally said OK to get everybody off my back.”
Dimitrios Kambouris / WireImage for Conde Nast Publications/FPC MagazinesBut Brooke went on to reveal that as soon as she started feeling slightly better, she stopped taking her prescribed medication — without consulting her doctor.
Desiree Navarro / WireImage“I started just feeling more myself, so I went off [the medication] … because clearly I was a doctor by that point,” she said with a laugh.
Manny Carabel / FilmMagicAs a result, Brooke experienced a visual episode she described as “terrifying.” She shared, “I thought I was going to drive my car into the wall on the 405. … You see it. It has pictures. They rush, if you close your eyes, into your brain.”
Jim Spellman / WireImageBrooke explained that while she was in this state, her doctor stayed on the phone with her until she’d arrived home safely. “You’re going back on the medicine immediately,” they told her afterward.
Amy Sussman / Getty ImagesWhat’s more, Brooke touched on the guilt she felt when her postpartum depression made it difficult to immediately form a bond with her newborn.
Kristina Bumphrey / Variety via Getty ImagesAdmitting that she “beat” herself up “for a long time,” Brooke noted that it was hard to see her husband, Chris Henchy, developing such a strong bond with baby Rowan while she was experiencing PPD.
Manny Carabel / Getty ImagesBrooke discussed her experience with postpartum depression further in her new Hulu documentary, Pretty Baby. And notably, she touched on the extreme way that fellow actor Tom Cruise reacted to her comments about it when she first decided to speak out in the early 2000s.
The Chosunilbo Jns / ImaZins via Getty ImagesTom is famously a member of the Church of Scientology, which condemns the use of medication and therapy. He appeared on the Today show shortly after Brooke’s book was published and called her “dangerous” for sharing “irresponsible misinformation.”
Neil Mockford / FilmMagic“There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance,” he said. “The thing that I’m saying about Brooke is that there’s misinformation. She doesn’t understand the history of psychiatry.”
The Today Show“She doesn’t know what these drugs are, and for her to promote it is irresponsible,” he added.
The Today ShowBrooke responded by penning an op-ed piece for the New York Times, in which she wrote, “Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women who are experiencing postpartum depression decide what treatment options are best for them.”
Theo Wargo / WireImage for Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS“I’m going to take a wild guess and say that Mr. Cruise has never suffered from postpartum depression,” she wrote.
Chris Weeks / FilmMagicNow reflecting on Tom’s remarks in her new Hulu documentary, Brooke described the whole thing as “ridiculous.”
Nathan Congleton / NBC via Getty Images“It was so ridiculous to me,” she said. “It’s not about the moral thing, or the right thing, or the good thing. It’s about who has more power.”
Karwai Tang / WireImageTom eventually apologized to Brooke for his comments after being told by several doctors that he was misinformed, and she publicly accepted his apology.
Gilbert Flores / Variety via Getty Images
Brooke Shields Recalled Having Her First Kiss At The Age Of 11 With Her 29-Year-Old Male Costar In The Highly Controversial Movie “Pretty Baby” Leyla Mohammed · April 4, 2023- Brooke Shields Shares Her Story In A New Unsatisfying Documentary Izzy Ampil · April 4, 2023
- Brooke Shields Says The Interview She Did With Barbara Walters As A Teenager Was “Practically Criminal” Alex Gurley · Dec. 8, 2021
Brooke Shields Recalled Having Her First Kiss At The Age Of 11 With Her 29-Year-Old Male Costar In The Highly Controversial Movie “Pretty Baby” Leyla Mohammed · April 4, 2023
Brooke Shields Shares Her Story In A New Unsatisfying Documentary Izzy Ampil · April 4, 2023
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