Brooke Shields has reflected on her feud with Tom Cruise after he publicly criticised her for taking antidepressants. In 2005, Cruise branded Shields “irresponsible” for revealing that she took antidepressants to help her cope with postpartum depression.

In her new book Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed To Get Old ( via E! ), the actress says she was “gobsmacked” by Cruise’s decision to call her out. She would eventually write a New York Times op-ed criticizing Cruise for making statements about a condition he could not experience.

Brooke Shields opens up about Tom Cruise's apology for his infamous rant about her use of antidepressants. In the new memoir, 'Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman,' the actress says the actor 'eventually' said sorry to her after he 'disparaged' her during his 2005 'Today' show appearance.

Brooke Shields doesn’t find Tom Cruise as charming as she once did when he finally apologized for disparaging her postpartum depression treatment on national television in the early 2000s, according to her memoir.

Almost two decades after their infamous feud over postpartum depression medications, Brooke Shields says Tom Cruise did eventually apologize, Entertainment Weekly reports. Cruise told Matt Lauer, during a 2005 Today interview,

Brooke Shields revealed what went down with Tom Cruise after his infamous rant about her in 2005. For context, back in the mid-'00s, Brooke published a memoir called Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression.