Brooke Shields Says Sex Is ‘Painful,’ She Needs Her ‘Lotions and Potions’ to ‘Fully Enjoy’ It

Brooke Shields is being transparent about the ups and downs of her sex life.

In chapter 10 of her new book, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, the 59-year-old model-actress discusses how her relationship with sex has changed as she’s gotten older.

“I had a fervent sex drive when I was young, but I never felt like I could step into that appetite in the way that I wanted to,” she wrote, recalling losing her virginity to her college boyfriend when she was 22. “I waited that long because I had the weight of the world on me. And even once we started sleeping together, I never really let loose.”

“Oh, how I wish I’d just let the lust take over!” she added.

But looking back, Shields said that her sex drive in her early 20s couldn’t be more different than how it is today.

“And now here I am, more than thirty-five years later, sometimes pretending I’m asleep when I know Chris is in the mood. And that has nothing to do with Chris — he’s hot!” she wrote of her longtime husband Chris Henchy.

“I’m going through all the bodily shit that comes with aging as a woman even in the best of times — the thinning hair and the peach fuzz and the brand-new belly fat and vaginal dryness and the diminishing sex drive — and in my natural state I feel less appealing to him than I ever did before.”

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When Shields' doctor recently asked her about her sex life, she explained what was happening but said she was “fine with it.” However, her doctor didn’t accept that response. The Blue Lagoon star said her doctor lectured her on how important sex is to a relationship and that she needs to get her hormones in balance.

“But, on a personal level, I’m in a place where sex can be painful,” she said in the book.

Shields said that her pain is the result of a male doctor — who she called “Dr. Malpractice” — performing a “bonus” labia rejuvenation procedure without her consent several years ago.

“For me to fully enjoy sex at this point, I need my lotions and potions, the right sleepwear (maybe calling it sleepwear is contributing to the problem), my special pillow, and maybe a tequila so I can relax,” she wrote.

“My doctor told me I should start taking testosterone — sure you might get a few more whiskers, but that’s what tweezers are for — but I haven’t gotten there yet,” she continued. “For now, I’m counting on the old ‘the more you have it, the more you’ll enjoy it’ approach.”

Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman is available now, wherever books are sold.

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