Brooke’s Cancer Scare

As the new spokesperson for Coppertone Nutrashield, you can be sure Brooke Shields wears her sunscreen—but it took a scare to make her a believer in slathering on the SPF.

The actress revealed to People, “I had a spot on my face. The doctor scraped it, and it turned out to be precancerous. I was scared.” This was a major wake-up call for the former teen model, who “used to think it was the best thing in the world to be baking in the sun.”

But now Brooke’s not only vigilant about protecting her own skin, but that of her two fair-skinned daughters Rowan, 6, and Grier, 3. She admits it isn’t easy to get the kids to wear sunscreen. “They’re totally not fine with it. They fight me. They do the thing where while you’re putting it on, they’re backing up. I’ll lock my legs around them … They’re really fair, and they’ve already had sunburn. It has to be every day.”

Good for Brooke—you gotta get those girls into the habit of protecting their skin while they’re young. It’s the holiday weekend already—wear your sunscreen!

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