Brooke Shields’ relationship history: Who has the actress dated?
SINCE making her big-screen debut in 1976, both Brooke Shields and her romances have been in the spotlight.
Before she married her second husband, the Pretty Baby actress dated Michael Jackson, Liam Neeson, and Dean Cain.
Who has Brooke Shields dated?
In the late 1970s, one of Brooke Shields' first relationships was with Scott Baio.
Decades later, the Golden Globe nominee admitted her romance with the Happy Days star was just for appearance purposes.
She also confessed her early courtships with John Travolta, Jimmy McNichol, Leif Garrett, and John F. Kennedy Jr were also for image purposes.
In her memoir The Real Story of My Mother and Me, Brooke revealed most of her public dating life was orchestrated by her mother Teri Shields.
She remembered: "These were the relationships she supported.
"Basically, my 'relationships' had always been orchestrated by my mother in one way or another.
"She didn't focus on romance (never mind love) but instead wanted to associate me with names that connoted fame, money, and power."
For two years sometime between 1983 and 1987, Brooke dated fellow Princeton University student and actor Dean Cain.
The former couple became acquainted with one another while attending the aforementioned college.
When did she date Liam Neeson?
From 1991 to the following year, Brooke dated Liam Neeson.
"He wooed me with his brogue, his poetry, and his s***ty choice of cheap pinot grigio wine," she said of her relationship with the Love Actually actor.
In 1992, Liam even proposed to Brooke but it was called off after the former ceased contact with her after he asked her to marry him.
"You know, I was shocked, I couldn't believe it. Yeah, he was taken."
Liam's recollection matches Brooke's memory, since the Batman Begins star shared with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live: "I'm not going to deny it. I actually don't really remember.
"It was many years ago but…I flew off to L.A. and I didn't call her back. It sounds ... yeah, I guess it was."
What happened between Brooke and Michael Jackson?
In 1981 and for the rest of the decade, Brooke was romantically linked to Michael Jackson.
They grew close after they met at that year's Oscars ceremony.
Although the pair were often seen together and remained close later on, Brooke insisted she and the Dirty Diana singer were only close friends.
"We just felt safe with each other. We watched movies and ate candy and laughed at the craziness around us…We loved each other, but it was not at all romantic," she said in her memoir.
"We were like two little kids. From the day we met, we saw something of ourselves in each other."
In 1993, Brooke and MJ fell out after the latter falsely claimed they were still privately dating during his appearance on Oprah Winfrey's eponymous talk show.
At the time, the actress was actually dating Lois & Clark star, Dean Cain.
At the late MJ's 2009 memorial service, Brooke elaborated on her friendship with the Thriller legend: "Michael always knew he could count on me to support him or be his date and that we would have fun no matter where we were.
"We had a bond... Both of us needed to be adults very early, but when we were together, we were two little kids having fun.
"Thinking back to when we met and the many times that we spent together and whenever we were out together, there would be a caption of some kind, and the caption usually said something like 'an odd couple' or 'an unlikely pair.'
";But to us, it was the most natural and easiest of friendships."
When did Brooke and Andre Agassi divorce?
In April 1999, Brooke and her first husband Andre Agassi filed for divorce.
After four years of dating, the couple walked down the aisle in April 1997.
Regarding her first marriage, she said in her above-mentioned documentary: "That was an important stage and relationship in my life and I don't regret it.
"I've never reconnected with him. People process things very, very differently and I have come to respect that."
When did Brooke marry Chris Henchy?
On April 4, 2001, Brooke tied the knot with her second husband Chris Henchy.
In 1999, she and Chris met after encountering one another via mutual friends while working at the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles.
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The pair have two daughters together: Rowan and Grier.
Rowan was born on May 15, 2003, and Grier was born on April 18, 2006.