I felt uncomfortable because Zepharelli was so dismissive. He could have taught me more and shepherded me more in my talent. I think he could have directed me instead of just make fun of my voice. Blue Lagoon is pretty surfacing, but they weren't pretending to be anything. So you haven't seen that in a long time? Yeah. But with regards to my innermost feelings, somehow I was able to protect those.
After a brief discussion about the impact of social media on the mental health of teenage girls, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest: Brooke Shields. She became a teenage superstar through her roles in “Pretty Baby” and “Blue Lagoon” as well as the famous Calvin Klein ads (“Do you want to know what comes in between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”). In her new Hulu documentary, “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” she talks about how she sees those hypersexualized roles today and how she survived life in an industry that she says did nothing to help her. Shields also revisits her complex relationship with her mother, who introduced her to modeling and acting, and how Shields now counsels her own two teenage daughters about feeding the social media “monster.”
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