Let’s talk about the latest comments from Brooke Shields to Meghan Markle.
For the context, the two appeared in a keynote SXSW panel in 2024 to “Barrieren women’s representation in entertainment and the media” with the title “Breaking barriers, design of stories: like women on and off the screen”. The report shows that the Meghans Archewell Foundation was supported this year on the representations of motherhood.
Then, at the beginning of this month, Brooke in India Hicks (also known as King Charles’ Goddaughter) Podcast and spoke about her memory of the panel the previous year. Brooke said: “Katie (Couric) asks Meghan the first question and talks about how it was used for women at a young age.”
Brooke then said Meghan told the story of how she wrote letters to P&G about a sexist Dishsoap commercial and asked the company to change “she said again and again,” said Brooke. “I go, ‘Sorry, I’m so sorry, I have to interrupt you there for a minute.’ I tried not to be rude, but I wanted to be funny because it was so serious.
Brooke then told the crowd that she played a “prostitute” at the age of 11. In her memory, “the place went crazy, and luckily it was more relaxed afterwards.”
She continued: “It was just too precious and I thought you weren’t for 45 minutes and want to listen that someone would be precious or serious.”
After Brooke’s statements made headlines at the beginning of this week, the publications found that the Podcast episode had apparently been removed, with page six for the heading “Brooke Shields’ Podcast interview with” Too Precious “Meghan Markle.
Here is the thing. Film material from the panel is still available. The committee, which was partly presented by the Archewell Foundation, begins with other questions about the importance of representation in the media. After Meghan answered a question about the broad topic, he was asked by his colleague Katie to “tell the story about when they wrote this letter to P&G at a young age”.
Take a look at this video on YouTube
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Meghan then speaks for less than a minute: “At 11 I found the angry and wrote many letters and put the pen on paper and you have changed the commercial … your voice is not small, it just has to be heard.”
When she is finished, Brooke then says: “This is one of the possibilities how we are different. When I was 11 years old, I played a prostitute. I wish I had known you at the age of 11. I wrote very different letters, but I hope very important, I hope.” The following question aimed at sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen is about the declining proportion of women who play leads in the film.
Sooo … maybe serious was a good atmosphere …
