Brooke Shields juggles motherhood, on and off screen

MSNBC - USA - Brooke Shields may have a bold new role in NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle,” but she recently had to tread lightly playing Hannah Montana’s deceased mother.

That’s because Shields’ real-life daughter had a little trouble differentiating pretend from the real world during a recent scene with Disney Channel star Miley Cyrus.

“She was in the audience and I hugged Miley and I say, ‘It’s all right, Baby Girl, you’re going to be all right,’ ” Shields told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira on Thursday. “Well, I call my daughter ‘Baby Girl.’

“And Rowan stood up in the middle of the audience and said, ‘No, she’s my momma for real life.’ ”

So Mother Brooke tried to make things better.

“Miley was so sweet,” Shields said. “She brought her out of the audience and she said, ‘I want to thank you for sharing your mom with me.’ ”

Little Rowan, just 4 years old, accepted the greeting, but with caution.

“My daughter was like, ‘Well, she’s my momma for real life,’ ” Shields said.

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Part of Shields’ real-life now is touting “Lipstick Jungle,” a comedy-drama that debuts tonight. The series is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, whose earlier writings were the basis of the hit HBO series “Sex and the City.”

Shields plays movie executive Wendy Healy, who commiserates about her struggles to balance career and family with two of her best friends.

Like “Sex and the City,” “Lipstick Jungle” plays out in New York, Shields’ home.