Brooke Shields was only 15 years-old when she famously put on a pair of Calvin Klein jeans and said, “What gets between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”
Believe it or not, this ad was so controversial in 1980 that it was banned by networks like ABC and CBS, and Shields quickly became a household name. Despite all the fame the jeans brought her, however, the 54 year-old shields has no desire to get back into them these days.
“I can get into them, but it looks painful,” Shields told Fox News. “I recently found them, [but] I think the last time I fit into them comfortably was probably while I was in ‘Wonderful Town’ on Broadway [back in 2004]. They’re so high waisted.”
“When I was that age, I was built like a little boy,” she added. “I don’t have any desire to fit back into them. I’ve had two children and I’ve grown into a more womanly shape that I feel comfortable in and that I’m proud of. I’m celebrating who I am now, not trying to get the body I had when I was 15. One of the messages I want to share with other women is to celebrate yourself. Own your curves and strengths rather than trying to look like somebody else or be skinny. I’d rather be strong and fit than anything else.”
Shields has been staying busy while in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic by showing off her at-home workout routines to her one million followers on Instagram. She explained that years of dancing on Broadway have taken a toll on her physically, meaning that she has to be selective when it comes to choosing what workouts she will do.
“My approach to working out comes from more of a rehab approach because I had a partial knee replacement and I’m sort of preparing to have a full knee replacement on my other knee,” Shields said. “It really stems from the maintenance aspect of continuing to activate my muscles. It really started off as me calling my trainer and saying, ‘Please, can you FaceTime with me and tell me what I can do?’ And it grew from there.”
“I never really used to work out,” the model and actress added. “I would just dance primarily — that was my main thing. And then I realized after being stuck at home for such a long period of time, depression started to creep in. I also realized that when I got my heart rate up and the adrenaline was going, I started feeling better mentally. It just stopped me from getting depressed.”
Shields went on to acknowledge that finding motivation to work out is difficult sometimes, so it’s crucial for everyone to find one specific thing that motivates them to stay in shape.
“I have no idea when my work is going to happen,” Shields explained. “So there’s that ego part of it where you’re like, ‘I’ve gotta get ready for this movie or show.’ That was a motivator because I would like to try to look my best. But when you don’t have that as a goal, you have to find another reason to allow yourself to care about your health.”
“You can lift gallons of milk,” she added. “I like to joke that you can do bicep curls with a bottle of tequila. Make it less of a chore. And once you start, you [start] to think, ‘I can do almost anything for an hour.’”
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