Brooke Shields's Daughters Called Out Her "Weird" On-Screen Kiss With A Man In His Late 20s When She Was Just 11

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"I would prefer not to watch my mom being sold as an 11-year-old prostitute."

Brooke Shields's daughters looked back on her role in Pretty Baby with discomfort.

Brooke Shields on the red carpet in a sleeveless, plunging yellow dress with pearl earrings

At age 11, Brooke appeared in the Louis Malle movie as a child sex worker. The role garnered significant controversy, as Brooke appeared nude and at one point had to kiss costar Keith Carradine — who was around 28 at the time. However, Brooke still speaks fondly of the movie, telling NPR last year, "I value it so much more [now]."

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Brooke now has two daughters, Rowan, 21, and Grier, 18. They sat down with People to talk over Brooke's filmography, making their thoughts on Pretty Baby clear.

Brooke Shields, Rowan Francis Henchy, and Grier Hammond Henchy sit on a couch reading and discussing a piece of paper in a People magazine interview

Neither one of the daughters have watched the film. "I don't like this movie. I’ve seen enough clips of it on TikTok," Grier remarked. She reportedly added, "I would prefer not to watch my mom being sold as an 11-year-old prostitute. I’d rather watch the funny and happy ones."

Brooke Shields sits on a couch reading a paper flanked by daughters Rowan Francis Henchy and Grier Hammond Henchy in stylish dresses

As Brooke called it the "best movie" she's been in, Rowan said, "Is this when you had your first kiss on stage? Your stage kiss, which never counts as a real kiss." This echos what Keith told Brooke at the time — that the on-set kiss didn't count as her first one.

Brooke Shields and Keith Carradine in a scene from the film "Pretty Baby," sitting on a picnic blanket

When Brooke then noted the age difference between her and Keith — and the fact that she initially couldn't stop making a face during the scene — Grier added, "See, that's weird. She had to kiss someone [over] twice her age." In response, Brooke said, "It was a true story in the 1900s and I was acting. If I was a murderer, would you feel that was 'weird,' if I played a murderer?" To this, Grier said, "Yes."

Brooke Shields, Grier Hammond Henchy, and Rowan Francis Henchy sit on a sofa discussing in an interview for People magazine

“It’s more like it never really crossed my mind to say, ‘Movie night, let’s watch Pretty Baby,'" Rowan affirmed. "I’m either watching Love Island or a new movie, like Minions or Despicable Me. It’s not like I’m purposefully avoiding watching my mother. I loved Mother of the Bride and A Castle for Christmas."

Brooke Shields stands on a Netflix red carpet for "Mother of the Bride," wearing a form-fitting strapless red dress and matching red heels

"The conversations are so different now," Brooke added, though it's worth noting that Pretty Baby was incredibly controversial at the time. “It’s a weak argument to say to very aware women, ‘That’s the way it was then.’ It was a norm but that’s not an argument. Nothing I did then, you could get away with doing now.”

Brooke Shields and Grier Hammond Henchy pose on the red carpet at the CNN Heroes event. Brooke wears a long black coat over a sparkly dress, and Grier wears a strapless black gown

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