Hollywood actress Brooke Shields has shared frightening details of her encounter with a primate while on holiday in Thailand. The 60-year-old star recently recalled the moment she was chased out of the sea by an aggressive monkey, according to Female First UK.
Charity Event Revelation
The Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon actress attended Animal Haven's 2026 Benefit for the Animals at 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in New York alongside her daughter Rowan, 22. The pair shared the bizarre story while discussing their lifelong love of animals. Brooke, who has remained in the spotlight through her documentary 'Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields', conversations about the sexualisation of child stars, and her advocacy on ageing and motherhood, was accompanied by Rowan as the young graduate received the Leonard Simon Award for her work with Animal Haven.
The Encounter Unfolds
Rowan described the incident: "We were in Thailand, and mom got off and was swimming around when she was doing a movie there. I went to visit her, and we're the type of people where it's like, 'We think we could get the lion be best friends with us... but she went up to a monkey'." According to Rowan, the encounter quickly turned chaotic. "Then the monkey attacked her and we had to quickly get off the island. I watched from the boat. I was like, 'There she goes. There she goes'," she added.
Brooke joked that the situation escalated despite her attempts to calm the animal with food. "I've never seen anybody swim faster. I gave it bananas," she said. Rowan replied, "It doesn't want a banana. It wants to get you off its island." Brooke added that the monkey was "very happy" to take the bananas regardless.
Family Bonding
The appearance highlighted the close relationship Brooke maintains with daughters Rowan and Grier Henchy, 20, whom she shares with husband Chris Henchy. Brooke has frequently spoken publicly about motherhood and the challenges of adjusting to life after both daughters left home for university.
