Brooke Shields apologized to Dean Cain for not making it 'easy' during their college relationship

Actress, model, mother and entrepreneur Brooke Shields joins Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade on 'Fox & Friends.'

Brooke Shields and Dean Cain may have experienced young love, but the actress was experiencing guilt years later.

In a recent interview with People magazine, Shields shared that she apologized to Cain "a few years back" for not maximizing their time together during their college romance.

"I said, 'I'm sorry for you, and I'm really sorry for me,'" she said.

Shields, 57 and Cain, 56, dated while they were classmates at Princeton University. She recalled being in a "great relationship" with Cain, who was "beautiful" and "mouthwatering."

Brooke Shields says she apologized to her college boyfriend Dean Cain for not enjoying their relationship more. (Ron Galella)

BROOKE SHIELDS REVEALS WHY HER DAUGHTERS WERE MAD ABOUT HER NEW DOCUMENTARY

In her upcoming Hulu documentary, "Brooke Shields: Pretty Baby," the mother of two talks about being sexualized in films at an early age, which made her "paralyzed from shame" in her real-life relationships.

Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields in the 1980 film, "Blue Lagoon." (Getty Images)

Brooke Shields with her arms around Christopher Atkins' shoulders in a scene from "Blue Lagoon" in 1980. (Getty Images)

At 11, the actress played a child prostitute in the 1978 movie "Pretty Baby" and was filmed naked.  A few years later, a 14-year-old Shields starred in 1980’s "The Blue Lagoon" in which she and on-screen love interest Christopher Atkins experience love, sex and puberty on an island. 

Shields recalled consistently being asked about her looks and sex life throughout her career. 

"I was the most famous virgin in the world," she has previously said. 

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