Brooke Shields thought she had died and was in 'heaven' after medical emergency involving Bradley Cooper
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Brooke Shields is opening up about the time when she thought she "hadn’t made it" and was in "heaven" as she was accompanied by one of People's Sexiest Men Alive, Bradley Cooper, during a medical emergency.
The ‘Blue Lagoon’ star, who is turning 60 this year, is reflecting on aging and her health concerns in her new memoir, 'Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman.
During an interview about her book, Shields recalled being aided by the 50-year-old Hollywood hunk while she was being rushed to the hospital during her September 2023 seizure.
Brooke Shields thought she was clearly in 'heaven' after she woke up to Bradley Cooper holding her hand
During the interview, as reported by The Mirror, Brooke Shields recounted the time when she had a grand mal seizure in September 2023.
Recalling the incident, the 'Pretty Baby' star said as she woke up inside the ambulance she found the 'Maestro' actor’s reassuring presence as he was holding her hand.
Shields quipped, "I thought for sure I hadn’t made it, because clearly that was heaven," before adding that Cooper "lives very close in the neighborhood" and he was called as he's "very good in a crisis."
Shields revealed that her producer husband, Chris Henchy, was also there by her other side. She noted that it was the time she thought to herself, "Hmmm, this is going to be okay!"
Brooke Shields said her grand mal seizure was caused by drinking 'too much water'
Brooke Shields previously opened up about her seizure during her Glamour 2023 Women of the Year cover story. The actress revealed that she had her seizure just before a performance of her one-woman show, 'Previously Owned by Brooke Shields', at New York City's Cafe Carlyle, as per People.
She revealed, "I was preparing for the show, and I was drinking so much water, and I didn't know I was low in sodium. I was waiting for an Uber. I get down to the bottom of the steps, and I start evidently looking weird, and [the people I was with] were like, ‘Are you OK?'"
The actress noted that after she went out of her home that night, her companions kept checking on her and asked whether she was "all right" and needed some coffee. She also said that she "walked" to a "corner" outside and felt discombobulated before going to the nearby NYC restaurant L'Artusi.
She continued, "...I go to the sommelier who had just taken an hour to watch my run-through... Everything starts to go black. Then my hands drop to my side and I go headfirst into the wall," before explaining that when her seizure started, she felt "frothing at the mouth, totally blue, trying to swallow my tongue."
It was also the time when she first opened up about Cooper helping her during the time of crisis. "The next thing I remember, I'm being loaded into an ambulance. I have oxygen on. And Bradley f***ing Cooper is sitting next to me holding my hand," Shields shared.
The 'Endless Love' actress revealed that the doctors later diagnosed that "low sodium" caused the seizure after she consumed "too much water." "I drowned myself. And if you don't have enough sodium in your blood or urine or your body, you can have a seizure," shared the 'Mother of the Bride' star.
