Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields has claimed her ex-husband Andre Agassi was so enraged by seeing her finger-licking stalker cameo in 'Friends' he stormed out of the audience ...

"I learned later that he was addicted to crystal meth at that point."

"It co-opted it for me emotionally, because all of a sudden then my focus went to him." You made a fool of me by that behavior.'" "Andre was in the audience supporting me, and he stormed out," Brooke said.

In 1996, child actress Brooke Shields had mostly been known for her 80s roles in The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, and of course her iconic Calvin Klein ...

Put it back in!’ All of a sudden, the energy changed, and all these men in suits started coming into the studio. She recalls, “Andre was in the audience supporting me, and he stormed out. And she’s pretty, so she needs to really be crazy.’ And they were, like, ‘No, no.’” “I throw my head back in this cackle,” she explained. [Matt LeBlanc] was cute—he was, like, ‘I’ve washed my hands and they’re all clean.’ I was, like, ‘I had a mint!’” But by this point she was striving to prove herself as a more mature thespian with serious acting chops, and comedic timing.

In the 1990s, Brooke Shields and Andre Agassi were a celebrity power couple. Behind the scenes, however, things weren't so glamorous.

[interview with The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/brooke-shields-never-knew-normal), [Brooke Shields](https://uproxx.com/tag/brooke-shields/) — who was married to Agassi from 1997 to 1999 — says that the legendary athlete threw a massive fit when his then-girlfriend made a [guest appearance on Friends](https://uproxx.com/hitfix/on-this-day-in-pop-culture-history-julia-roberts-brooke-shields-jean-claude-van-damme-guest-starred-in-mega-post-super-bowl-friends-episode/) in 1996. In the episode, Shields plays a Days of Our Lives super-fan who is stalking [Matt LeBlanc](https://uproxx.com/tag/matt-leblanc/)’s Joey Tribbiani (who in the world of the sitcom stars on the soap as Dr. As [Page Six reports](https://pagesix.com/2023/03/27/brooke-shields-says-andre-agassi-smashed-trophies-after-matt-leblanc-scene/), the Olympic gold medalist’s nickname “The Punisher” was as appropriate in Agassi’s personal life as it was on the court. “Andre was in the audience supporting me, and he stormed out. When the couple got home, Shields [John McEnroe](https://uproxx.com/tag/john-mcenroe/) might be the professional tennis player most closely associated with temper tantrums, but it turns out that [Andre Agassi](https://uproxx.com/tag/andre-agassi/) was a champion in that department, too.

In the 1996 Super Bowl episode, LeBlanc's character Joey goes on a date with his stalker Erika, played by Shields, who creepily licks his fingers in a ...

In an interview with "The New Yorker," Brooke Shields recalled how her guest appearance in 'Friends" caused her ex-husband Andre Agassi to destriy his ...

"What was so affirming about it was that, in the first take, they didn't want me to do the crazy laugh and the licking of his fingers," she explained. Though the scene was a tough moment in her relationship, the "Endless Love" star revealed how she used her guest appearance as a springboard for bigger projects. And she's pretty, so she needs to really be crazy.' And they were, like, 'No, no.' We did the first take, and it was fine. "We had done it in rehearsal, and they said, 'It's too crazy. What is the matter with you?'" Shields said, before reflecting on her ex's struggle with addiction, which he opened up about in his 2009 autobiography. When the former couple got home, she claims the tennis player allegedly smashed his trophies in a fit of rage.

In the 1996 Super Bowl episode, LeBlanc's character Joey goes on a date with his stalker Erika, played by Shields, who creepily licks his fingers in a ...

The actress played Erika in the sitcom who stalked Matt Le Blanc's character Joey in an episode that included a scene of her licking the actor's hand at a ...

Brook also said Friends producers initially didn’t want her to do her “crazy” stalker cackle during her episode – or “the licking of his fingers” to show how much she was fixated on Joey. Andre admitted in his autobiography to taking crystal meth, with Brooke claiming she later heard he was on during the rage incident. She told the New Yorker about how Andre, 52, who she married a year after his appearance on the show was aired, “co-opted” her cameo: “Andre was in the audience supporting me, and he stormed out.

In the 1996 Super Bowl episode, LeBlanc's character Joey goes on a date with his stalker Erika, played by Shields, who creepily licks his fingers in a ...

In the 1996 Super Bowl episode, LeBlanc's character Joey goes on a date with his stalker Erika, played by Shields, who creepily licks his fingers in a ...

Brooke Shields is sharing a collection of photos from her family vacation in Turks and Caicos on Instagram.