Brooke Shields is not a regular mom, she’s a “cool mom” — at least according to her daughter’s latest Instagram post.
The actress’ daughter Rowan, 21, shared a photo of the pair’s matching tattoos via her Instagram Story on Saturday, January 4, writing, “Mother/daughter bonding.”
The tattoos, which appear to be inked on the women’s left forearms, read: “and to the party.” The post tagged East Side Ink and tattoo artist Matt Gutierrez.
Shields, 59, shared the photo to her Story as well with the caption, “Another matching tattoo with my bug 🐞 .”
To celebrate Rowan’s high school graduation in 2021, the duo got matching ladybug tattoos. Shields got hers on the inside of her left wrist, while Rowan chose to display her new ink on the back of her left ankle.
“A special graduation gift and memory with my girl 🐞 I’m so proud of you, I love you more than words can say,” Shields captioned the Instagram photos at the time.
Earlier this year, Shields also shared the inspiration behind another set of matching tattoos — this time with her youngest daughter, Grier, 18. (She shares both Rowan and Grier with husband Chris Henchy.)
The tattoo, which is placed on Grier’s wrist and Shields’ forearm, shows two sets of feet (one small, one big) wearing the same pair of heels. It’s meant to represent Grier stepping into her mom’s shoes. (Grier, an aspiring model, walked in her first runway show at New York Fashion Week during the Tommy Hilfiger presentation in September.)
“When she was little, she would always just wear my shoes, no matter how teeny she was,” Shields told the “Stupid Things For Love” podcast in May. “She would go into my closet and come out and have breakfast in her diaper and high heels, and then the night gown and high heels.”
Shields got vulnerable on Instagram last summer after dropping her girls off at college and officially becoming “an empty nester.” Rowan is a senior at Wake Forest University, while Grier just started her freshman year at the North Carolina school.
“They’re together at least,” an emotional Shields said as she wiped tears from her eyes in a video posted via Instagram in August. “It’s not easy. It’s not easy for the moms. I mean it’s just so weird. It’s so weird that (Grier’s) not here.”
Shields said they both cried saying goodbye before letting out a big sigh. “Both of my baby birds have left the nest 🪺😫🪹,” she captioned the video.
“Oh Brooke it’s so so hard,” Debra Messing commented on the post. “It’s the end of an era and now you get to start a new chapter. But first you have to cry. A lot. I laid on my couch for 3 weeks and couldn’t speak to anyone. Be tender with yourself. It’s hard because it’s hard. All us empty nesters are sending you love.❤️.”
“True words!” Melissa Joan Hart also commented. “It’s so hard on the moms when our babies fly off but if we did our job, that’s the goal! ❤️❤️.”
Shields had a busy 2024, starring in Netflix’s Mother of the Bride, being elected the president of the Actors’ Equity Association — a labor union representing stage performers and managers — and launching her hair brand Commence for women over 40.
“If I’m not mom 24/7, who am I?” she told the New York Times in June. “I really identify with so much more than people have given me credit for. Might I remind you, I’m still a female and still human.”
