Was Brooke Shields a friend of Michael Jackson? What did Brooke Shields say at Michael Jackson’s funeral?

Brooke Shields and Jackson became friends in 1981 when she was 13 and he was 20 years old. Brooke and Michael frequently attended awards shows as each other’s dates.

Brooke Shields, longtime friend of Michael Jackson, delivered this emotional eulogy at his public memorial service on July 7, 2009. In her tribute, she says:

“Thinking back to when we met and the many times that we spent together and whenever we were out together,” Shields, who met Jackson when she was 13, said, “there would be a caption of some kind, and the caption usually said something like ‘an odd couple’ or ‘an unlikely pair,’ but to us it was the most natural and easiest of friendships.”

Brooke Shields is an American actress and model who gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle’s film Pretty Baby. Shields voiced Beverly Goodman in the Adult Swim animated series Mr. Pickles (2014–2019).

In 1980, Brooke Shields was the youngest guest star to ever appear on The Muppet Show. She was also the youngest person to host the sketch comedy show, ABC’s Fridays, in 1981.