Brooke Shields regrets becoming the world’s most famous virgin in 1985

Former super model and actress Brooke Shields regrets becoming the world’s most famous virgin at 20, saying she would have preferred to keep it a secret for more years.

When Brooke Shields made her acting debut in the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon at the age of 15, she instantly became the girl next door and America’s sweetheart. The movie was popular at the time and generated discussion about the sensuality depicted on screen for a young girl.

Now, at 57, she revealed through her podcast ‘Now What? With Brooke Shields’ to have regretted something she said in her youth that made her, for years, “the most famous virgin in the world”.

With her honest admission in a book at the age of 20, Brooke cemented the good girl reputation she had gained as a result of The Blue Lagoon and became the “most famous virgin in the world” in the 1980s.

“I think, in retrospect, it was a mistake to be so open about my virginity, because it never left me alone.” she said.

Shields wrote the 1985 book ‘On Your Own,’ in which she gave health and beauty advice to college women in her 20s, but that’s where she revealed her virginity.

“I would get a lot of e-mails from girls who would say, ‘Oh, my boyfriend’s pressuring me and I don’t want to have sex. What do I do?’ My answer was, ‘You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do,'” she recalls.

Despite years of receiving “creepy” messages from men all over the world, Brooke says that revelation made her a resilient woman.

“I became the most famous virgin in the world. Being in the line of fire at such a young age like that, I gained a resilience, and it prepared me to be ready for anything in this industry, which can be tough.”

Brooke married tennis superstar Andre Agassi in 1997, whom she divorced two years later. Since 2001 she has been married to writer and producer Chris Henchy.