Brooke Shields, 59, criticized how men and women are treated differently in the healthcare system and said women "need to be able to self-advocate."

Last week, the actress made headlines for blasting her male plastic surgeon over the “little bonus” he gave Shields during her labia surgery.

Brooke Shields has spoken out about how male doctors treated her after she experienced a grand mal seizure. On Monday (January 13), the Pretty Baby alum was discussing her new memoir Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman on Good Morning America when she was asked why she decided to write about her experience with the healthcare system.

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.

She then explained that she decided to try out one of Matthew Perry 's famous moves. Shields had previously watched the show and remembered something that Perry's character, Chandler Bing, would pull—though the model jokes that "you'd get canceled" for the move today.

Brooke Shields on Monday recalled her cameo on “Friends” and the lengths she went to in a bid to get the cast of the hit sitcom to like her. The actor and model — who played Erica, who stalked Matt LeBlanc’s Joey Tribbiani in a 1996 episode of the second season — said she even copied a gag that the late Matthew Perry (who played Chandler Bing) used to pull to try to connect with the show’s stars.