Shields called the offer 'generous' and said she spent five hours with the ghostwriter, going over diaries she kept because Agassi knew she recorded dates and details he might not remember. She then recalled that, years after their split, he did ask her to read all of the stories he told about her in 'Open,' which he wrote with a ghostwriter. When you're out, you're out,' the 'Suddenly Susan' star said.

'But that's not the kind of person he is. On the podcast, Shields told Maron that she thought she and Agassi would stay in touch after their 1999 divorce, which was 'not ugly.' Kevin Mazur/WireImage via Getty Images, Warner Bros. Shields was on an episode of 'Friends' that aired after the Super Bowl in 1996. Shields suggested that watching her act in the scene had embarrassed Agassi, leading him to act out angrily. She claimed in a March interview with The New Yorker that Agassi once 'smashed' all of his tennis trophies in anger after watching her tape her episode of 'Friends,' where she guest-starred as an obsessive fan of Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) who licked his hands while on a date. However, Shields has been open recently about the more tumultuous times in their relationship.

She said she married Agassi to be able to more easily 'separate' from her mother, Terri Shields, who raised the actress as a single mother and also acted as her manager, according to Shields' recent Hulu documentary, 'Pretty Baby.' Shields told Maron she could 'disappear' into her relationship with Agassi, who 'took care of everything.' She also said she felt 'safe' with the athlete, and that they laughed a lot. At about the one hour and 10-minute mark of the April 3 podcast episode, Maron asked Shields to reflect on her relationship with Agassi, whom she married in 1997 and divorced in 1999.

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