Brooke Shields is getting real about the toll body image issues have taken on her over the years. In her new memoir, “Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old,” the “Mother of the Bride” star, 59, claimed her ex-husband Andre Agassi left her spinning “a bit” after giving her a backhanded compliment about her weight.

In her new book, “Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old,” the actress-model shares she “never expected” what her ex-husband said about her weight

Agassi, who remarried actress Steffi Graf in 2001, has his own memoir, which he used a ghostwriter for, "Open," released in 2009. Shields has said in the past that she sent him suggestions to make the book more accurate after he asked for her input, "Everything was just off," she recalled on the podcast "WTF."

Brooke Shields is recounting a previous comment from ex-husband Andre Agassi that was a a backhanded compliment. The actress released a new memoir, Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman,

While Shields and Agassi were clearly not compatible, she did get her happy ending. The Calvin Klein model went on to marry television writer Chris Henchy in 2001. And, after seven rounds of fertility treatment, she welcomed her first child, a daughter named Rowan, in 2003. Three years later, she had a second daughter named Grier.

Taylor Hill/Getty Images Brooke Shields never had a baby with her ex-husband, Andre Agassi — a decision she says turned out to be a blessing in disguise. “I’m glad I never got pregnant with my first husband because it would have been a disaster,

Brooke Shields has recently shared shocking insights into her first marriage with former tennis star Andre Agassi.In her new bombshell memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed To Get Old, the

Her reflection also touches on her ex-husband, tennis star Andre Agassi, and comments she says he made during what should have been an intimate moment. In fact, she noted that his response to a question she asked him left her stunned and ‘spinning’.

In her recently released memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, Hollywood actor Brooke Shields has opened up about various aspects of her life revealing how body image issues have impacted her journey. The 59-year-old actor detailed an incident with her ex-husband, tennis legend Andre Agassi, which left her "body-shamed."

Brooke Shields explains in her new memoir how ex-husband, tennis great Andre Agassi, played a backhand about her weight that added to her long-term body image issues.