Nearly two decades after Tom Cruise publicly criticized Brooke Shields for using antidepressants to treat her postpartum depression, Shields is looking back on his “ridiculous” attack. In her new memoir,

Brooke Shields says Tom Cruise 'eventually apologized' for his 'ridiculous rant' about her use of antidepressants but adds, 'It wasn’t the world’s best apology.'

Brooke Shields revealed what went down with Tom Cruise after his infamous rant about her in 2005. For context, back in the mid-'00s, Brooke published a memoir called Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression. In it, she discussed taking an antidepressant after the birth of her first child, Rowan.

Brooke Shields has reflected on her feud with Tom Cruise after he publicly criticised her for taking antidepressants. In 2005, Cruise branded Shields “irresponsible” for revealing that she took antidepressants to help her cope with postpartum depression.

In her new book Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed To Get Old ( via E! ), the actress says she was “gobsmacked” by Cruise’s decision to call her out. She would eventually write a New York Times op-ed criticizing Cruise for making statements about a condition he could not experience.

Brooke Shields is thankful she stood up to Tom Cruise and hit back against his rhetoric around treaments for postnatal depression

It wasn’t the world’s best apology, but it’s what he was capable of, and I accepted it,” the “Suddenly Susan” alum wrote in her new memoir.

Brooke Shields is an open book in her new memoir, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, which went on sale on. In it, Brooke shared how Tom Cruise apologized after shaming the Mother of the Bride actress on national TV for using antidepressants.