Brooke Shields, 57, on fighting ageism in Hollywood: ‘Comparison is the kiss of death’
foxnews.comBrooke Shields is getting candid on life after 50 in Hollywood. On Monday, the actress appeared on the "Verywell Mind" podcast and spoke to host and licensed therapist Amy Morin about her experience aging in the public eye. "I've been fighting ageism in Hollywood probably since I was about seven," said the 57-year-old. "It starts then in Hollywood, but it really… sexiness doesn't have to just be a young person's reality, the commodity of being sexy and being vibrant and not being burdened by so many of the things that burden you, whether it's your biological clock, or the way things are laid out for you, because that's what traditionally has done." "All those burdens really do shift… They take on a different look and a different meaning really when it starts in your 40's," she shared. "That's when I started to just really not waste time on things that didn't serve me, or make me feel good about myself." Despite leading a successful decades-long career as a sought-after actress and model, Brooke Shields said it hasn't been easy growing older in the public eye. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Despite leading a decades-long career as a sought-after model and actress, Shields admitted it hasn’t been easy to feel accepted for her age. "I think it has to do a bit with procreation just historically," Shields reflected. "And… then in talking about menopause, it's looked at as you're… this withered, dried up entity.
And I think that… type of messaging is something that we got used to accepting because everything is for younger people. It's flashy and it's made fabulous." "And that's the idea," Shields continued. "And the idea is, oh, that's the only time you're really ever alive and vibrant.
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