Alexa Chung, the British model and television presenter, has revealed that she feared her career was finished at the age of 20. In a candid confession, Chung admitted that early setbacks made her question her future in the industry.
Before finding fame, a 19-year-old Chung was in a relationship with 40-year-old fashion photographer David Titlow. She admitted the 21-year age gap didn't feel strange but 'probably should'. She was devastated when Titlow ended things as her modelling and TV career began to take off.
“He said, ‘I think it’s time for you to go, Dolly. It was so sad,” she told Net-a-Porter. Titlow later told Vice that Chung “had to go off and do her own thing,” but she begged him to reconsider.
The heartbreak paved the way for her love affair with lead singers and musos, as Titlow gifted her with a selection of music to live her life by. Chung has since been linked to musicians including Klaxons star James Righton.
