Andre Agassi Broke His Tennis Trophies After Brooke Shield’s Hand-Licking Scene You made a fool of me by that behavior.’ I’m, like, ‘It’s comedy! What is the matter with you?’ I learned later that he was addicted to crystal meth at that point, so that irrational behavior I’m sure had something to do with that.īrooke Shields and Andre Agassi, who were married from 1997 to 1999, have both spoken about the tennis icon’s drug addiction in their respective books, even mentioning this specific instance on the set of Friends. Shields recalled:Īndre was in the audience supporting me, and he stormed out. It may have been a big career moment for Brooke Shields, but it also caused some turmoil in her relationship with Andre Agassi, who apparently did not appreciate seeing Shields act in such a way with Matt LeBlanc. Network execs apparently had their eyes opened to Brooke Shields’ comedy prowess, and that turned into Suddenly Susan, which aired for four seasons on NBC.Īndre Agassi Had An Over-The-Top Reaction To Watching Her Film That Scene

The next day, I was asked if I wanted to do my own television show. And then the second take, they scream, ‘Shields! Put it back in!’ All of a sudden, the energy changed, and all these men in suits started coming into the studio. And she’s pretty, so she needs to really be crazy.’ And they were, like, ‘No, no.’ We did the first take, and it was fine. We had done it in rehearsal, and they said, ‘It’s too crazy. Friends’ showrunners were apparently apprehensive at first about Brooke Shields taking her performance to 11 the way she did, as the actress recalled to the New Yorker:Īnd I throw my head back in this cackle. The full scope of her mania really came out when the two were out for dinner (because of course Joey went on a date with his stalker). Joey (Matt LeBlanc) started getting hand-delivered letters from a stalker who believed his Days of Our Lives character Dr. “The One After The Super Bowl: Part 1” aired in 1996 following, you guessed it, the Super Bowl.

Brooke Shields ‘Begged’ The Showrunners To Keep The Licking In The Scene

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