Brooke Shields breaks down in tears after officially becoming empty nester: ‘It’s not easy’

Actress, model, mother and entrepreneur Brooke Shields joins Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade on Fox & Friends. Brooke Shields admitted "it’s not easy" being an empty nester. In an emotional social media video, Shields candidly shared her sentiments after she dropped her second daughter off at college.

"I sat here a year ago and I watched my big girl leave – I'm back on this porch and I am now officially an empty nester," Shields, 59, began, as she referred to her two daughters being enrolled at the same school. BROOKE SHIELDS ON BEING SEXUALIZED AS A CHILD STAR: ‘HOLLYWOOD IS PREDICATED ON EATING ITS YOUNG’ "The Blue Lagoon" star Brooke Shields is navigating the emotional empty-nest phase after dropping her youngest daughter off at college. (Brooke Shields/Instagram | Getty Images) "They're together at least, but it's really not – it's not easy for the moms," she said in an Instagram video.

"I mean, it's just so weird. It's so weird that she's not here." Throughout the video, the "Pretty Baby" star wiped tears from her eyes and recalled the difficult moment she departed from her daughter.

"It was really hard and then she started crying...

I really started crying and then I cried a good portion of the ride home." "I'm an empty nester. Wow," she added, as she fought back tears.

APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST A post shared by Brooke Shields (@brookeshields) Her social media caption read with bird nest emojis, "Both of my baby birds have left the nes.