Brooke Shields he looks back fondly on his brief time with the deceased John F. Kennedy Jr.
It airs on the Thursday, May 21, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenShields, 60, was asked what he thought of FX's Love story.
The series was loosely based on the love of JFK Jr. no Carolyn Bessette before their deaths in 1999. Since its release in February, the show has received mixed reviews from some of the real-life characters featured in the show.
“I watched it start to finish. I loved it. I thought the acting was amazing,” Shields said WWHL.
The actress clarified that her connection with JFK Jr. it was never a full relationship, however.
“I didn't have a love story, I was with a crazy person, I was engaged to a crazy person,” he explained. “We dated but I never slept with him so I don't know if that matters.”
I The Blue Lagoon star added, “He was lovely to me.”
Shields also noted that his daughter Rowan Henchy23, worked on the series as a production assistant. (Shields engages Rowan once The Grier20, with her husband Chris Henchy.)
Talking to People in an interview published on May 18, Shields recalled being surprised when her daughter informed her that her 1980s political antics were covered in the series.
Brooke Shields in 1985.
(Photo by PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty Images)“That was weird,” Shields told the publication. “I wasn't there, and my daughter called me and said, 'Oh my God, they're talking about you Love story,' and he said, 'Is it true?'
Shield continued, “I was like, 'Okay, I'd be happy to tell you the whole story if you want, but – yeah.'
In March, Rowan made a joke about his mother and JFK Jr. with a TikTok video. “I wonder if JFK Jr. was a good kisser?” Rowan captioned the clip, while lip-syncing to Charli XCX's “Boom Clap.”
The camera then panned to Shields, who also spoke. “Another great one,” read the video's caption.
Shields previously shared details about her dating experience with JFK Jr. during the interview no The Howard Stern Show in 2023.
“We were really in love, I wouldn't sleep with him because I loved him so much,” he recalled. “It was more than shame. But I was surprised because he was precious to me. I said, 'Oh, my God, he's in love, and if you sleep with him he might never talk to you again – and you can't deal with that.
He added, “I wasn't playing a game. I was too scared to get really hurt, because if I had slept with him I would have given him my whole place, my heart, and everything.”
When he appeared on Thursday WWHLShields also replied that he had seen the musical drama 2026 Michaelwhich was based on his late, long-time friend Michael Jackson.
“I haven't seen his movie yet but I want to. I was told I wasn't in it and I didn't think I would be,” said Shields.
Shields said people often ask him if he was “upset” about the film. “I would say, 'No, he was a dear friend of mine,'” she said.
