At the age of 22, Brigitte married one of Hollywood's most popular stars, who also happened to be nearly twice her age. Sylvester had recently divorced his ex wife in that same year, and of course, Brigitte was also coming out of a failed marriage that ended the year before. They'd only known each other for a few months, so this caused people to assume that Brigitte was a gold-digger who was trying to advance her own career. 

However, on Oprah: Where Are They Now? she revealed that she never married him for his riches. In fact, she had second thoughts about the whole thing because it felt "too early." Still, the people around her basically encouraged her to go for it. And there's also the fact that Sylvester literally begged her to do it.

She said: "The biggest misconception while I was with Sylvester was the fact that everybody thought I married him because of money. They didn’t understand that he begged me to marry. He begged me!"

We imagine that they both look back on this with regret, because by 1987, the two of them were officially divorced. According to tabloids, it was due to Brigitte's infidelity, but years later, the model admitted that their marriage was a mistake from the beginning and that it "became very ugly, like some divorces do." Even worse, outlets went on to paint her as the villain, and the breakup left a huge dent in her career.

She said: "When I left Sylvester, all doors closed on me. I was basically blacklisted... Thank God I had so much work, speaking four languages — Danish, German, English, Italian. Being able to work in all these different languages basically made me survive."