Shields said her daughters were "outraged" after watching her new documentary in which she opens up about shooting nude scenes at age 11 and being sexually assaulted.
Appearing recently on "Today with Hoda & Jenna," Shields said the Grier started "sobbing" and "ran out of the screening room" after she sat down to watch the candid documentary.
The documentary, which is available to stream on Hulu, covers Shields' life and career to date, going into detail about how she was sexualized from a young age after becoming a child model and acting in controversial films such as "Pretty Baby," in which, at age 11, she played a child prostitute.
"Grier looked at it as all the things that I kept from her, she was outraged and she was very sad," the "Pretty Baby" star said.
"She said, 'Nothing you say to me, Mom, is going to make it better.' She said, 'I hate seeing bad things happen to you.'"
Rowan, meanwhile, was able to grasp the importance of her mom opening up about the things she had endured, despite how difficult it was for her to watch.
"She was able to say, 'Women need to see this,'" Shields said.