Once husband to fashion Brooke Shields, tennis legend Andre Agassi remarried and constructed a family following their divorce. Who are his kids?
In gentle of Hulu's two-part documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — which highlights the long-lasting model's harrowing studies being sexualized as a prepubescent lady — the hundreds are desperate to learn about The Blue Lagoon big name's dating historical past.
While Brooke Shields has been luckily married to tv writer Chris Henchy for over twenty years (in combination they share youngsters Rowan Francis and Grier Hammond), she used to be up to now wife to International Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi.
From his kids to his relationships, let's get to understand Brooke Shields's former flame.
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Who are Andre Agassi's kids?
Olympic gold medalist Andre Agassi — who has won each of the four important tennis tournaments (Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, and the French Open) at least one time — was once married to Brooke Shields from 1997 to 1999. Although they by no means had a circle of relatives in combination, he brought two kids into the world along with his second wife, German tennis megastar Steffi Graf.
By the looks of it, 21-year-old Jaden Gil and 19-year-old Jaz Elle, weren't raised to apply of their parents' footsteps. In fact, consistent with a 2011 interview, the Agassi kids infrequently play tennis.
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"Tennis? I just think we've had enough, quite honestly," Andre Agassi stated. "It's a weird sport. We don't see too many second-generation players. For us, it's about raising our children in a way we can share in their life and not always worry about their life."
However, both kids evolved a zeal for athletics. Jaden enjoys enjoying baseball and hitting home runs on the field as an alternative of executing overhead smashes at the court docket.
"Jaden loves it and happens to be pretty good at it," Andre stated of his son's interest. "I have no idea what he should be doing or not doing. I just take him and help him as much as I can."
And whilst Andre at all times supported his son's athletic abilities, faculty came first. "I put him in environments when he can learn and practice, but not ahead of his school."
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Jaden went directly to change into a glass for the University of Southern California's Trojans. He seemed in 15 games (and began 10 of them) all through the 2022 season, striking out 38 batters and walking 19 in 64.1 innings of labor.
Andre relayed that his daughter, Jaz Elle, "plays a little bit of tennis," but her true loves are horseback driving and hip-hop dancing. Since this interview, Jaz Elle has reportedly won a few hip-hop competitions. Las Vegas dancer and choreographer Darrell Rivera even referred to as her a "prodigy."
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Unlike her mythical oldsters, then again, Jaz Elle apparently hasn't turned her sport right into a profession. In fact, she's reportedly more excited about fashion.
Recreationally, Jaz Elle also enjoys golfing and skiing.
No topic where their kids' passions lie, retired tennis champs Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf "nurture their desires and interests."
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Andre Agassi and ex-wife Brooke Shields never reconnected following their 1999 divorce.
According to People, Andre and the Pretty Baby famous person met in 1993, falling deeply in love by the use of long, butterfly-inducing faxes (yes, faxes) while Brooke was filming in South Africa. They bonded over youth traumas involving domineering folks and stardom.
Though Brooke used to be head over heels for Andre, she felt controlled through him now and then.
When Brooke guest-starred on Friends, she performed an obsessive fan who licked Joey's (Matt LeBlanc) hand. "He said I made him look like a fool by licking Joey's fingers and he got in his car and drove all the way to Vegas," she wrote in her her 2014 memoir There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me. While in Vegas, a rage-filled Andre destroyed all his tennis trophies.
Despite the theatrics and the revelation that Andre was combating an habit to crystal meth (not to mention his refusal to attend couples counseling), his strengthen meant the arena to Brooke.
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"The whole relationship with him was so necessary," she wrote. "He gave me my first taste of freedom from my mom. He swept me away."
Additionally, she detailed that "he is a devoted person, sweet and good but he had this demon, this affliction," happening to name him "a really good human being."
Unfortunately, after their divorce, the two could not carry on as buddies.
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"I've never reconnected with him," Brooke mentioned, according to USA Today.
"That was an important stage and relationship in my life and I don't regret it. It afforded me a lot of space from my mother and gave me this belief in my own talent. That was one of the main beautiful purposes of the marriage. But I don't know if he does that much reflection on things. People process things very, very differently and I have come to respect that."
Perhaps they have been handiest supposed to exist in every different's lives for a brief duration. You know what they say: Everything happens for a reason why.
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields is these days streaming on Hulu.
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