With both of her daughters now adults, Brooke Shields will soon be an empty nester, and the actress says she’s gonna take it pretty hard.
The actress walked the carpet at a special screening of her new Netflix romcom, Mother of the Bride, in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and she spoke with ET’s Deidre Behar about how her 18-year-old daughter, Grier, will soon be heading off to college.
“I’m not quite in denial but, definitely, I’m going to be a mess,” Shields shared. “I really am going to be a mess.”
“But I know that they’re going to come back,” she added. “I mean, my older daughter comes back often and, you know, they’ll be my babies forever.”
Shields’ 20-year-old daughter, Rowan, even came back to walk the carpet with her mom at Wednesday’s screening event, and the pair were all smiles as they posed together on the carpet.
Brooke Shields and daughter Rowan Henchy at an LA screening of the Netflix romcom ‘Mother of the Bride’ on May 8, 2024. – Presley Ann/Getty Images
“If you’ve done it right, though, you want them to feel that freedom to start their lives, you know?” added Shields — who shares both daughters with husband Chris Henchy.
Speaking of walking the carpet with her daughter, Shields marveled, “It’s so special on so many different levels… [and] the movie is so special, it touches upon so many different themes and stories and relationships.
In Mother of the Bride, Shields stars as Lana, a loving mother who travels to Thailand for her daughter Emma’s (Miranda Cosgrove) wedding. Only then does she discover that her little girl is marrying the son of her ex-boyfriend from college who broke her heart.
Mother of the Bride premieres May 9 on Netflix.
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