In a delightful role reversal, supermodel Christie Brinkley is turning to her 27-year-old daughter Sailor Brinkley Cook for guidance in the digital world. While Brinkley has decades of modeling expertise to share, she's now learning the ropes of social media from her tech-savvy daughter.
Sailor revealed in an exclusive interview that she's essentially become her mother's TikTok tutor, helping her navigate platforms like Instagram and create engaging video content. "I'm teaching her TikTok basically," Sailor shared. "Social media, TikTok, posting, being more on Instagram."
Despite her active involvement in crafting her mother's online presence, Sailor consciously avoids over-managing Brinkley's social media style. "I like to leave her be because I think there's something so beautiful about the way that she interacts with social media," Sailor explained. "It's so cute and innocent, so I try not to intervene too much."
Brinkley appreciates her daughter's contemporary insights, acknowledging that Sailor "knows what's happening right now" in the fast-evolving digital landscape. The 70-year-old icon has three children—Sailor, 40-year-old Alexa Ray (with ex-husband Billy Joel), and 30-year-old Jack (with ex Richard Taubman).
The mother-daughter dynamic extends beyond social media tutorials to include some playful wardrobe borrowing. Sailor confessed with a laugh that she occasionally "takes things no matter what" from her mother's closet, prompting Brinkley to joke about spotting her missing clothing items on Sailor's Instagram feed.
In perhaps their most adventurous collaboration, Sailor once created a dating profile for her famous mother, leading to an amusing revelation. "She put—for like an hour or something—she put me up there," Brinkley recalled. "And she said, 'Mom, you're right not to go on it, because the same guys that said yes to me are saying yes to you.'"
This intergenerational partnership showcases how family relationships continue to evolve in the digital age, with younger generations often becoming mentors to their parents in navigating new technologies and social platforms.