Knocked Up Celebs

Brooke Shields looks like she is ready for summer on the June 2009 cover of Health magazine. She is a busy mom of two kids, Rowan, 6, and Grier, 3. In this issue she talks about the kids, her marriage and Tom Cruise. Here are the highlights:

On having two daughters: “Their vulnerability is the best and worst thing. The baby will hold my face and say, ‘I just love you so much, Mommy.’ And it’s like, Oh, ohhh, I don’t know if I can live up to this! And, yet, it’s the best. They’ll make you crazy, but they’ll also make you so happy that you’re crazy.”

On her biggest health regret: “Not learning to love the way I looked earlier. And I think I would have had sex a lot earlier! [Laughs.] I think I would have lost my virginity earlier than I did at 22. I had the public and all this pressure, and I wish I had just gotten it over with in the beginning when it was sort of OK. I think I would have been much more in touch with myself. I think I wouldn’t have had issues with weight—I carried this protective 20 pounds [in college]. It was all connected. And to me, that’s a health regret.”

On her advice for a lasting marriage: “Someone wrote on a card at my shower, ‘Don’t ever go to bed angry.’ It’s one of the oldest ones in the book, but it’s so interesting what happens when you do. It’s toxic. Your dreams are affected, and then in the morning, you’ve already been damaged. We’ll resolve at least to disagree. And then, I just find I sleep so much better.”

On the effects of post-partum depression: “I mean, if I have a bad day, it’s not that the people around me don’t go, ‘Uh, is she OK?’ That’s the hardest part. I have to say, ‘I’m fine, just leave me alone!’ I don’t [worry], because now I’m armed with knowledge and experience, and I won’t ever let myself think it’s OK to let [those feelings] continue. But who knows what menopause is going to be like for me?”

On making up with Tom Cruise: “[Tom] called an hour ahead and said, ‘Can I?’ And I was like, ‘Uhhh … am I being Punk’d?’ I called my husband, I called my publicist, I was like, ‘What do I do?’ I did think, Do we use the front door? because we always use the kitchen door. It’s one of those weird things where I was like, ‘We need to use the front door!’ I had to lock the other door and pull the shade down. I was so relieved when my husband came home and started cooking. And when Katie brought the baby over, it just got defused and we looked at these two babies born on the same day in the same hospital. The irony is insane. But just to look at these babies, [I thought] Really? Life’s short. Let’s just eat an omelet, and we’ll all live our lives and be thankful we have these little people.”

I agree with Brooke on the marriage advice, don’t ever go to bed mad, no matter what. I know that sometimes this is the hardest thing to do, but it’s the best advice I ever learned.

Photo Source: Who’s Dated Who

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