Rowan Francis Henchy you enter the light by joining Next Gen NYC in season 2, but he won't be alone because of the actress and mother Brooke Shields'direction.
“She panics the second I leave the house, like, to buy coffee, and she's stressed, she's a mother,” Rowan, 23, said to herself. Us Weekly the way his mother reacted when he starred in a reality TV show. “He just insisted a lot [for me to]be me.”
Rowan, the eldest of Shields' two daughters, recalled the actress, 61, recently telling her, ''Don't be the girl who throws it away, be the girl who holds that girl's hair.'' And I was like, honestly, yes, and that can affect all walks of life. “
Rowan – who will make his TV debut there Next Gen NYC first on June 24 – he revealed that despite Shields' doubts about the idea, he “always lets me make my own decisions.”
“I think he also stressed that he is doing this for you, and I don't want it to be like that [about me],” said Rowan Us. “Obviously right now, the headlines, his name is in the headlines a lot, because it makes sense, because people don't know who I am. They know who my mother is, and that's amazing.
Rowan explained, “I know her as a mother, but I also know that the world sees her as the wonderful icon that she is.” But he said, 'This is an opportunity for you to be yourself, and I want you to express what you really like.'”
The New York native shared that she has “a lot of things that I love,” noting that she hopes fans will see that she loves “working and I love the entertainment industry.”
Brooke Shields, Rowan Henchy.
Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesRowan, who graduated from Wake Forest University in 2025, noted that growing up he watched both of his parents “work hard” — embodying the kind of behavior that seems to be in his blood. (Shields shares Rowan with a daughter Grier Hammond Henchy20, with a husband Chris Henchy.)
“I love creating things and producing things, and I love comics and stories and journalism,” Rowan said Us about his possible career path. “And I think [my mom] it was like, 'Use this as a way to learn more about your likes and dislikes.'”
Rowan noted that he was behind the camera and worked as a booking producer Good Morning America. When he made his TV debut in the episode When It Calls the Heart earlier this year — when Shields played her role as Charlotte Thornton — reality TV is a different animal.
“Now I'm in front of the camera, which is something I've always wanted to do,” Rowan revealed, adding that her mother has been very supportive.
Taking care of her children. Brooke Shields has opened up about her first act with her 17-year-old daughter Grier's interest in modeling. “The rules have changed since I was there [a model]. I fought for you for a long time. It's a very different industry than it was,” explained Shields, 58, when he appeared on Live With Kelly and […]
He remembers, “Every time I talk about it, [my mom] it was like, 'You've had so much fun, and you've got to make your mistakes, and all I can say is I raised you to be smart, kind, and respectful, so you better stick to that, and I hope I raised you right.'”
Specified shields only Us earlier this year that she may have become the “reality TV person of my life” after becoming famous as a model and child actress, noting the cameras following her “have always been part of my unfortunate world.”
I You are killing me The star admitted that that kind of access to her child was not something she was happy about.
Riley Burruss, Brooks Marks, Rowan Henchy.
Bryan Bedder/Bravo“I was hesitant, very worried, very worried,” Shields admitted of Rowan's signing on for season 2. Next Gen NYC.
It means shields Us that he reminded Rowan, “You're an adult, I can't tell you what to do, but what I can tell you is, don't make this the end of your career, make it the beginning.”
The actor also warned his daughter that you can “ruin” your future and career with “one night of bad behavior.”
Rowan, however, told Us that there were no “red flags” when he made the decision to join the cast, teasing that he's not the one getting himself into trouble in the new season.
“I didn't find myself playing a big role in each game, but I found myself—I was a listener, and when my opinion was asked for, it was given,” he said. “I also need to remember, like, these people have been friends for a long time, and I'm a new person in this group of friends, so I didn't want to talk inappropriately.”
Rowan added, “I've never found myself head-butting anyone.
Season 2 of Next Gen NYC premieres on Bravo on Wednesday, June 24, at 9 pm ET.
