Brooke Shields moved on to Liam Neeson after splitting with Dean Cain. “He was a tall Irish actor and a drunk who was 13 years my senior,” she wrote of Neeson in “There Was a Little Girl,” admitting she fell for “his brogue, his poetry, and his sh*** choice of cheap pinot grigio wine.” Things got hot and heavy, fast and furious, with Neeson proposing after three months — although the old romantic didn’t bother buying a ring for the special moment.
Meanwhile, Brooke’s mom, Teri Shields, managed to insert herself into the situation, of course. “‘Watch: When you get married, you probably won’t invite me,'” Brooke recalled her complaining. Teri needn’t have worried, though, because, in the end, nobody was invited, as Neeson ghosted Brooke pretty much as soon as she said yes. She wrote in her memoir that after a lovely Christmas together, Neeson flew to LA to “check on a basement flood in his home,” and then … crickets. “He was there one minute and gone the next,” Brooke told The Times in 2014.
However, just like that, Neeson returned for a second round. “He came back after the first time he left me and asked me to marry him again,” she told People in 2014. “I’m not going to deny it. I actually don’t really remember,” Neeson told Andy Cohen in 2019 (via AOL). He admitted he hadn’t spoken to Brooke for years but said she’s “a great lady and a fantastic girl.”
