Mannequin and actress Brooke Shields has opened up about what it was wish to as soon as be the “most well-known virgin on the earth”, and the “creepy” conditions she was compelled into as a teen.
Talking on her iHeartRadio podcast, Now What? with Brooke Shields, Shields, 57, admitted to her buddy Ali Wentworth she regrets being so open about her virginity.
“I imply, I feel it was, in hindsight, a little bit of a mistake for me to be so open about my virginity as a result of it by no means left me alone,” she defined.
Hearken to a snippet from Brooke Shields’ podcast episode above.
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Shields stated she had made the choice to speak about virginity in a 1985 e-book that, though it was credited to her, was really written by another person.
Because of this, Shields stated she quickly turned “essentially the most well-known virgin on the earth”.
The e-book, titled On Your Personal was meant to assist new faculty college students who had been leaving dwelling and adjusting to younger grownup life. It was launched when the younger actress began as a scholar at Princeton College.
“In it, there was one a part of a chapter, the place I talk about – not abstinence per se – however proudly owning your selection,” she defined.
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“I’d get lots of fan mail from youngsters saying, ‘Oh, my boyfriend’s pressuring me, and I do not wish to have intercourse. What do I do? My narrative was, ‘You do not have to do something you do not wish to.'”
She revealed that whereas the subject of virginity was solely a small a part of the e-book, it instantly turned “essentially the most talked about” factor within the media.
She was then compelled into “creepy” conditions the place she had to discuss her virginity to “outdated” male interviewers, which was uncomfortable for her.
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“There was one thing to be within the line of fireplace, at such a younger age, in that manner. I gained a resilience. It did type of set me as much as be prepared for something,” Shields revealed.
She went on to say that she really regrets ready till she was 22 to have intercourse, admitting she seems like she missed out on experiencing the “pleasure” of sharing that with a companion when she was younger.
“I’ve remorse round [waiting], as a result of there was a way of pleasure and freedom that I ought to have been in a position to really feel inside a relationship that was so pretty and so stunning and candy,” she added.
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