Brooke Shields and Andre Agassi were married from 1997 to 1999.
Shields and Agassi had common ground since they both had parents who had pushed them into their careers.
Shields also liked that her relationship with Agassi helped put some distance between her and her mother.
“Shields embraced the comedy of her role with a distinctive laugh while she licked Matt LeBlanc’s fingers.
Agassi was so enraged by her performance that he destroyed his tennis trophies.
Shortly before their marriage ended, Agassi divulged to his wife that he been addicted to crystal meth.
At first, Shields was gratified to be included.
However, she was dismayed when Agassi disregarded all her suggestions.
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Agassi indicated that Shields' diaries might be helpful in fact-checking the memoir.
The actor made numerous changes after spending five hours with J. R. Moehringer, Agassi’s ghostwriter.
“Everything was just off,” she recalled on the podcast"WTF.
In particular, Shields found errors in the order of events.
One point on which the two ex-spouses differed was the timing of Agassi’s addiction.
However, Shields took a more sanguine view of the book.
“You kind of feel for me more.”
The distinction is important to Shields.
“He welcomed me and my mother and anybody I loved.
He is a really good human being,” Shields wrote, perPeople.
“People process things very, very differently, and I have come to respect that.
