Brooklyn Decker: My Father Stopped Me From Wrecking My Body

Brooklyn Decker's bangin' body might have landed her the swimsuit cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, the title of "Best Summer Body of 2010" and various lingerie campaigns, but the model wasn't always immune to the peer pressure to be stick-thin behind the scenes at gigs. Page Six reports that Decker told Self magazine of darker times:

"I was always with other aspiring models. There were bingers and purgers, and everyone watched each other eat. It freaked me out. I did juice fasts and crazy diets and ended up gaining weight. My father did an intervention and got me to stop obsessing about everyone else and wrecking my body."

Way to go, Mr. Decker. But dad isn't the only one that Brooklyn talks about -- she once told Glamour.com the story of when she and her mother decided it was time for Brooklyn to shave her legs. Decker recalled:

I was 11 years old, and very hairy. After playing in a soccer game, my mom came up and saw my long blonde leg hairs glistening in the sun and said "okay honey, it's time." She was right there with me. We got a special fool-proof razor, and fancy shaving cream but I was only allowed to shave up to my knees!

Comments

[ManWithAComment]

10:03 PM on 02/18/2011

This is interesting.

[KJLSanDiego]

01:57 PM on 01/20/2011

She's really sporty and works hard to look that good, no hatin' from me over here!

[samuraifrog37]

11:10 PM on 01/19/2011

Brooklyn Decker? Whatever.

[johnqpublik]

11:42 AM on 01/19/2011

Good for her. Liposuction and implants are much safer ways to the perfect body.

[darquelourd]

12:25 PM on 01/19/2011

HI-larious!

[The Albany Kid]

11:25 AM on 01/19/2011

Interesting shaving info. Some grooming questions remains, though: For one, does Brooklyn have a "Flat bush?" Also, what, if anything, did Brooklyn's parents say to her about getting her "Bush wick(ed)?"

[AncientPollyanna]

11:03 AM on 01/19/2011

This man should be sainted. And all the fathers who buy their daughters breast implants for high school graduation should be ashamed.

[BeBop33]

10:22 AM on 01/19/2011

I think we should start the paperwork for canonization today!
if anybody deserves sainthood it's Papa Decker...

I think I speak for heterosexual (and possibly even not-so-heterosexual) men every where when I say - "thank you, sir"...

[nicnic]

10:44 AM on 01/19/2011

indeed- santo súbito!-
:D

[Daisytoo]

10:11 AM on 01/19/2011

It's a good thing to see someone giving her father his kudos.

[CHMB]

09:58 AM on 01/19/2011

Her dad did the right thing.

[lightbulb10]

09:25 AM on 01/19/2011

Hahaha, the up-to-the-knees rule. Classic. She's a cutey.

[FrankensteinBlack]

09:08 AM on 01/19/2011

Thank you Rick & Rachael for bringing the world such a beautiful gift! I wonder if Brooklyn is a Nexus-6 or perhaps even a never before scene Nexus-7? Either way shes is the most beautiful Replicant EVER!

PS Steve Jobs, piff. Eldon Tyrell FTW!!

[AllenFromAtlanta]

09:08 AM on 01/19/2011

She's about the only trophy Andy Roddick has won recently.

[sittingbull]

09:29 AM on 01/19/2011

The Wimbledon trophy may be nice........but it won't keep you warm at night.

Ol'Andy has done pretty well for himself, no sense to hate.

[European1919]

08:56 AM on 01/19/2011

YUM!

[moving violation]

08:44 AM on 01/19/2011

pretentious name aside, her folks did the right thing

[mdlawyer2]

10:55 AM on 01/19/2011

Manhattan would be pretentious, Brooklyn not so much. Going with the borough theme, she could have been Staten Island Decker or Queens Decker, Brooklyn looks to be a better choice. If Brooklyn had a twin would she have been Bronx Decker and together they'd be the Double Deckers? Hmmm.

[PresidentRobertBooth]

08:44 AM on 01/19/2011

I'd wreck her body

[jmar829]

09:22 AM on 01/19/2011

Nice!