Brooke Shields saw ‘no difference’ between herself and John Mulaney after the comedian hilariously recreated one of her most controversial ads from 1980 as his SNL teaser.
The actress, 59 — who recently revealed the hilarious advice she gave her daughter for her runway debut — took to Instagram to share a side-by-side comparison of the Calvin Klein ad she posed for at age 15 and the 42-year-old actor’s take on it
She praised Mulaney for his recreation and figuratively passed the baton to him in the caption of her post.
‘I see no difference… I guess they can be your Calvins too, @johnmulaney @nbcsnl @calvinklein.’
In the original photo, the Blue Lagoon starlet modeled a pulled-up maroon top and jeans as she held herself up by her arms and raised her right leg.
Brooke Shields saw ‘no difference’ between herself and John Mulaney after the comedian hilariously recreated one of her ads from 1980 as his SNL teaser; seen in October 2024
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Though his didn’t flash his tummy like Shields did, Mulaney matched her look down to the boots and pose in his rendition.
The post was a hit with the actress’ 2.2 million followers, racking up over 29K l likes and hundred of commenst from supportive fans.
‘OMFGGG I absolutely LOVE this! I didn’t know that was what he was trying to do/copy but I love it,’ one follower penned.
Another pocked fun at the actor, writing, ‘I know @johnmulaney said he needs to get hip surgery. Was it a consequence of this? @brookeshields #worthit.’
Other critiqued Mulaney’s version, as one shared, ‘This is amazing but u need to school him on the toe point.’
Back in 2021, the commercial reemerged after critics pointed out its double entendre and sexually charged campaign — when the model was a minor at the at time.
In the commercial, one of several that the actress filmed with legendary photographer Richard Avedon for Calvin Klein, the then-teen posed in a pair of blue jeans and said, ‘You wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.’
In a new interview with Vogue, Brooke said she was very ‘protected’ and ‘didn’t think it was sexual in nature’ — so she was ‘shocked’ when the media went crazy for it, accusing her of utilizing a control of her sexuality that she didn’t posses.
In the original photo, the Blue Lagoon starlet modeled a pulled-up maroon top and jeans as she held herself up by her arms and raised her right leg; seen in 1980
Though his didn’t flash his tummy like Shields did, Mulaney matched her look down to the boots and pose in his rendition
And Shields fired back in an interview with vogue in October of that year, claiming she was ‘naive’ about the message’s double meaning.
‘I think the assumption is that I was much more savvy than I ever really was,’ she said.
‘It didn’t faze me. [The line] didn’t sort of come into my psyche as it being anything overtly sexual, sexualized in any way,’ she added.
Brooke recalled how Calvin Klein approached her mother, Teri Shields — about getting Brooke in the ads — and she was just so excited for the opportunity.
‘When I was 15, I didn’t understand Calvin Klein in the way that he was sort of coming into the zeitgeist, it was more about Richard Avedon coming to my mom and saying, “We’re doing a series of very unique commercials,”‘ she said.
Though his didn’t flash his tummy like Shields did, Mulaney matched her look down to the boots and pose in his rendition; seen in May 2022
‘I see no difference… I guess they can be your Calvins too, @johnmulaney @nbcsnl @calvinklein,’ Shields said
Several different versions of the ad were shot by infamous photographer Richard Avedon; Brooke seen in 1980
‘The shoot itself, no one was allowed on the set. I think, because Avedon, it was his foray into the commercial world. I think he was a bit nervous. Stakes were pretty high and I think there was a lot of pressure,’ the multihyphenate added.
‘The choreography was specific and intentional. Every little bit of it,’ she went on, reflecting on a specific pose in which she had one knee on the ground, the other knee resting on her foot, with her other foot in the air.
‘I was just so proud that they were trusting me with something that involved acting as well as just the visual. And it was either gonna strike and be part of the zeitgeist or it wasn’t,’ she said.
They shot several different ads, including the one that would go on to jump start her career — because of the implication that she wasn’t wearing underwear with her jeans.