Brooke Shields Reacts to John Mulaney Recreating Her Iconic Calvin Klein Ad: 'I See No Difference'

Mar. 15, 2025

Brooke Shields, John Mulaney.Photo:Taylor Hill/Getty; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Taylor Hill/Getty; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Brooke Shieldsis weighing in onJohn Mulaney’s latest photo shoot.

The model and actress, 59, took a moment to shout out the comedian for recreating hericonic Calvin Klein jeans ad. Mulaney, 42,returned toSaturday Night Liveas hostfor the Saturday, Nov. 2 episode and in one of the promo photos, struck the same pose as Shields' history-making 1980 campaign.

Mimicking Shields, Mulaney wore a red button-down shirt, dark denim jeans and black boots as he kicked one foot into the air and rested his palms on the floor behind him.

Fans in the comment section were quick to throw in their own jokes. “John didn’t point his toe - minus three points on style,” one user wrote.

“Reverse bridge tricep hold plus kicks! Renaming those the Brooke [Shields] kicks!” said another.

Others reminisced on the memorable ad. “Classic image!!” said one commenter, while another chimed in, “I have this picture of you on my HS yearbook!”

John Mulaney for SNL.Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC

Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC

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When the campaign was released, the image drew criticism from those who felt it was sexualizing Shields, who was 15 at the time. In addition to the pose, in one of the commercials from the campaign, Shields recited the now-infamous line, “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”

In a 2021 video forVogue, the star called the controversy “ridiculous.”

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“I was away when they all came out, and then started hearing, ‘Oh, the commercials have been banned here, and Canada won’t play them.’ And paparazzi and people screaming at me and screaming at my mother, ‘How could you?’ It just struck me as so ridiculous, the whole thing,” she recalled.

Shields explained, “They take the one commercial, which is a rhetorical question. I was naive, I didn’t think anything of it. I didn’t think it had to do with underwear, I didn’t think it was sexual in nature. I would say it about my sister, ‘Nobody can come between me and my sister.'”

source: people.com