Brooke Shields selected to forgo the usual crimson carpet shoe apparel at Sunday’s Tony Awards — for cause.
Ditching the standard high-heeled apparel related to such high-profile occasions, the actress wore clogs-style Crocs beneath her yellow costume. The footwear had been the identical coloration as her sequined robe. She confirmed off the footwear to photographers on Sunday evening.
“I obtained my Crocs! I couldn’t do that in heels!” she mentioned in a crimson carpet interview with Individuals on Sunday.
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The rationale for the consolation apparel? A day earlier than the Tonys, Shields famous on Instagram that she was recovering from “double foot toe surgical procedure.” The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to her reps for extra data.
It’s not the primary time Shields has matched clogs with excessive style. In 2008, she was noticed sporting a protracted hot-pink robe with matching clogs.
Final month, Shields was elected president of the Actors’ Fairness Affiliation, the union that represents about 51,000 actors and stage managers on Broadway and nationwide.
She beat out Erin Maureen Koster, a stage supervisor and third vp at Actors’ Fairness, and Wydetta Carter, an actor who had been serving as Fairness’s first vp. Shields will serve a four-year time period.
“I promise to guide with energy and compassion, and I’ll arise for you and command the respect that we deserve as an appearing neighborhood,” Shields wrote on Instagram following the vote. “Additionally to those that ran, I didn’t run towards you, I ran with you and for you. I stay up for listening to you.”
Ariana DeBose will host the stay broadcast from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts in New York. The ceremony will air stay from 8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT on June 16 on CBS and stream on Paramount+ within the U.S.
Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar are internet hosting the Tony Awards preshow, The Tony Awards: Act One. The particular includes a presentation of the primary spherical of awards and is airing stay on Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV from 6:30-8 p.m. ET/3:30-5 p.m. PT.