Brooke Shields’ Younger Daughter ‘Had No Idea’ Mom Was Sexually Assaulted Until She SawPretty BabyDoc: ‘I Was Shocked’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Brooke Shields and her daughters Rowan and Grier.Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz

While her daughter, Rowan, was aware of the assault, Grier, was not.

“I didn’t prepare her,” says Brooke, 59. “It was a miscommunication. I had explained it was an exploration of sexualization of women in my industry but I was naively thinking that because we had such a solid, healthy, fairly normal existence and I’m not completely damaged that she would say, ‘Wow you’ve come through a lot but look where we are today.’”

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Rowan Henchy, Brooke Shields, Grier Henchy.Michael Schwartz

But it was a shock for her younger daughter.

“I was learning about things the same time that the world was and I just took it more deeply and personally,” says Grier. “I couldn’t even get through it.”

Says Brooke, “I told her ‘but there’s a happy ending’ and she said, ‘I will never be okay with thinking something bad happened to you.’”

“She ended up missing the happy part,” Brooke says, who shares both daughters with her comedy writer husbandChris Henchy. “She felt helpless, and just as a mom, we make mistakes and sometimes we make assumptions.”

Grier Henchy, Brooke Shields, Rowan Henchy.Michael Schwartz

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source: people.com