Brooke Shields recently admitted she lost her virginity at the ripe, old age of 22. Brooke says the late-blooming sexytime age wasn’t (of course) because she didn’t get offers, but rather she was very uncomfortable with her body. She now regrets waiting so long, and even goes so far as to say it was a “health concern.”

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Brooke told this month’s Health magazine (via usmagazine.com):

“I had the public and this pressure, and I wish I had just gotten it over with in the beginning, when it was sort of OK. I think I could have been much more in touch with myself. I think I wouldn’t have had issues with weight — I carried this protective 20 pounds [in college],” she says. “It was all connected. And to me, that’s a health regret.”

In the interview she also mentions that she feels younger now than she did when she first started out in show biz.

“The older I get, the younger I feel,” she says. “Growing up, I was always the kid, but I spoke like an adult and was in adult roles. I didn’t feel like a kid. The older I get, I actually feel younger! Which is good,” she goes on. “I always thought when you get older, you’ll want to slow down, but I want to do even more.”