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Brooke Shields Admits She’s Been ‘Fighting Ageism In Hollywood’ Since Age 7

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Brooke Shields is opening up about life after 50. The 57-year-old speaks to host and licensed therapist Amy Morin on the “Verywell Mind” podcast and discusses aging in Hollywood, creating a full life beyond 50, and her tips for self-improvement.

Shields shares of fighting ageism in Hollywood: “I’ve been fighting ageism in Hollywood probably since I was about seven, it starts then in Hollywood, but it really, it’s 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 and take on a different look and a different meaning really when it starts in your 40s; that’s when I started to just really not waste time on things that just didn’t serve me, or make me feel good about myself.” Shields continues, “I think it has to do a bit with procreation just historically.

And then in talking about menopause, it’s looked at as you’re some just 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. And the idea is, ‘Oh, that’s the only time you’re really ever alive and vibrant.’ And I think that we just, we’ve gotten used to it.

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