While she was a guest in the Bushes' home, Shields happened upon a big problem. “I sneak downstairs to do the puzzle, go get a beer, and as I get a beer, water is flooding into the living room from the ocean, from over the rocks,” the Mother of the Bride star said.
Shields quickly leapt into action, “shutting all the doors” and “running to get the towels” to soak up the flooded water.
“I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve got to tell somebody,’ “ she recalled thinking. “So I go to the downstairs bedroom and with the fear of God…”
Jenna asked if her grandparents were asleep when Shields knocked on their door, but the actress explained, “No, they had their little TV dinners, their little barcaloungers, their little La-Z-Boys, they were watching SVU.”
She admitted to being mortified at seeing Barbara in her “dressing gown,” and averting her eyes out of decorum.
“I said, ‘I just want to let you know, excuse me!’ “ Shields remembered. “‘I just want to tell you, I think the house might have flooded, but I think I’ve got it.’ And she’s like, ‘Come in here! Come in here!’ She’s like, ‘George, maybe Brooke can answer this question. Sit down.’ “
The surreal moment had Shields sitting down on her knees in between the former president and first lady’s barcaloungers as they watched the Law & Order spin-off show.
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