Brooke Shields has never disputed the complicated relationship she shared with her late mother, Teri Shields. Known within the industry as Brooke's fierce protector and manager, their relationship was eerily parallel to one shared between Drew Barrymore and her mother, Jaid.
While appearing on "The Drew Barrymore Show" to promote her documentary "Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields," the model and actress was asked if Teri had ever dated one of Brooke's boyfriends, as Barrymore's mother had, "No, ‘cause she was in love with me.
I was her main focus," Shields revealed. "And both of us were going to be cut off from our sexuality; I was gonna stay a virgin, she was going to be just Teri Terrific and being there." "I think my mom might have been so enamored with me that she actually wanted to be with the people I was with," Barrymore admitted. "I don't get it, but I get it," Shields responded. "It's so layered and it's so needy and it's so sad and broken." It was also controlling, according to Shields.
Explaining why her mother often sat in on her interviews while she was growing up, Shields explained, "It was, ‘No one’s gonna get you, I'm gonna – I'm gonna be there.
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