Shields: "Frightened" By Media Frenzy

(AP)  Brooke Shields says she's frightened and frustrated by the media storm the Kiefer Sutherland arrest has dumped on her doorstep. And she says she really doesn't understand why she's being brought into the situation at all.

Sutherland was charged last week with head-butting designer Jack McCollough at a Manhattan nightclub. Shields was there, and reports have said the incident was over her. Police have said they want to question Shields.

At an event Thursday night to promote The Chain of Confidence, an organization that sponsors girls and promotes positive attitudes in women, Shields expressed frustration that she has been linked to the case.

"I am always interested in the fact that I can be minding my own business. I can be in London doing a play and things could happen. It is inexplicable to me," she said.

"I can't make any comment legally because of my lawyers and everything like that," she continued. "I am always amazed when I am involved in something like The Chain of Confidence, the obsession with an issue like this versus really what we are talking about. It is not as sexy maybe, but it is so much more important. I am always amazed by the fact. I just shake my head."

Shields, 42, said she is also upset the paparazzi are monitoring her as the case has developed.

"It is frightening and shocking, the access people have to everybody else. They are camped outside of my house," she said. "I am shocked and I feel like I have already been through so much that I am fortified in longevity. To me, I am not going anywhere. If it hasn't thrown me yet, it is not going to throw me now."
By Alicia Quarles

[caldwellptr]

WHERE OH WHERE is Lipstick Jungle?

[dennisall77]

Photogs have a right to make a living, BUT not at the expense of the freeddoms of others. They absolutely terrorize celebs to get that shot that will sell for thousands, maybe millions. They make more than the celebs. And WHY do the shots sell for so much? Because WE buy the crap at checkout lines. If We all woiuld stop buying Inquirer and its ilk, the paparazzi biz would dry up. So why buy the lying piles of steaming crap they sell? Get a life. fines for trespassing will not stop them, but jail time will (unless they do a pic piece on jailhouse sex)

[rushlimpdrug]

"Police have said they want to question Shields."

I bet they do.


Brooke, stop calling me.
Loose my number.
We aren't getting back together, ever.

[hissteps4u]

Paparizzi are dogs! It is one thing to be out in public and for the hollywood a list to be chased after. It would be better if some boundaries are in place to protect the clebs however with the paparizzi mentality It is doubtful unless a law is passed.

If they did not all act like Dogs in heat they would perhaps get a better relationship with the Hollywood croud. It is not the Roaring 20's any more thats for sure and Rags will unfortunately Pay Hundreds of thousands for a good photo even if that photo was provoked by someone in the Paparizzi which is unfortunate. TMZ Grow up and clean up the industry before something real bad happens...

[realitychec6]

...... wah?!? ...... wha she say?!? Nothing she said made any sense..... she must have had trouble talking with those 'heav-y, heav-y redddd lips'!! Her features sure have hardened with the years.

[formrusmcsgt]

"I am always interested in the fact that I can be minding my own business."

and this:

"To me, I am not going anywhere."

What a dufus broad......

[aka_KJB]

Wow, dial back on the makeup, Brooke. We all know you're not "Pretty Baby" anymore. I've seen circus clowns with less (and better) makeup.

But don't worry, honey, you'll be back on the B-list in a week or so (unless the paparazzi following you around catch you making out with Lindsay Lohan).

[budmag06]

That's Brooke??? My, she's lookin' old! Look at that kissin' red stick she's got on!

[aubfmet]

It's time to make some laws that fine and jail Paparazzi . Nobody deserves this treatment.

[Slrman-21001573651763300012869]

Brooke, you took the money and fame and now you have to accept what goes with it. Be a big girl now and shrug it off.

I would make sure the Paparazzi all understand the limits, though. Anyone them that infringe on your property should be arrested. Even as a celebrity, you do have some rights to privacy. Guard them well or you could lose those, too.