Cara Delevingne has confirmed that she had a romantic relationship with Amber Heard while Heard was going through her divorce from Johnny Depp. The revelation came during a candid interview with Louis Theroux on his podcast.
Details of the Relationship
Podcast host Louis Theroux asked Delevingne about the speculation that Depp was driven crazy by the idea that Heard might be sleeping with her. Delevingne replied: "Am I meant to comment? It's because we did a movie together, and it was called London Fields. He was also doing the movie. I think he was pretty driven crazy by jealousy. Nothing was happening at that point. Later, after they divorced, it had, I suppose."
Pressed further, Delevingne, now 33, elaborated: "We were close for a long time, and then when they were going through the divorce, yeah, we were entangled, I suppose. But she was also entangled with other people."
Background on the Film
London Fields, released in 2018, starred both Delevingne and Heard, alongside Theo James and Jason Isaacs. Despite the high-profile cast, the film flopped at the box office and received poor reviews.
Delevingne's Personal Life
Delevingne has previously been in long-term relationships with St. Vincent and Ashley Benson, and has been with her partner Leah Mason (known professionally as Minke) since 2022. When asked if she was engaged, Delevingne replied: "No. I have been engaged." She added: "Doesn't matter now. They're long gone. Sucks for them. Yeah ... I've been proposed to. I've also proposed to someone."
She reflected on marriage, saying: "It was something about actual marriage that I really didn't believe in, but it was engagement that made me feel like they might not leave me. So it was like, 'Oh, if we're engaged, that means there's an extra line they have to go to leave.' But I actually never wanted to get married. Like, that really scared me because I really believe in freedom and not in the sense of doing whatever I want, but I think whenever I feel tied down to something, it makes me go, 'Wait a minute. Wait a minute, that feels funny.'"
She added: "And also, in the sense that marriage in terms of patriarchal society and the heteronormative version of that and for land and for religion and all of that is not something I'm down with. But I do believe in a spiritual union and a commitment, and I think there is a beauty in that. But it's taken me a minute to really understand that and also to have the same rights in terms of being in hospital and kids and adoption and all of it."
Delevingne expressed she could see herself marrying one day and said she wants a family "really badly." She said: "I definitely don't want to have kids to fix anything, but I think it will really heal parts of myself that have a tough time having sympathy for the kid I was. Because I've done a lot of work with that and imagining a little kid going through the things I saw or went through, I couldn't imagine that."
Struggles with Substance Abuse
Delevingne has overcome substance abuse and admitted her "relationship with drugs" became a problem. She said: "My relationship with them was the problem, and it was like, I work so hard, and then that's my celebration. It would be benders, caning it, which isn't nice for the body or mind, I suppose."
She recalled: "I remember being sold like rhino ketamine, but it wasn't really rhino ketamine. It's just how people sold it. When I first started doing it, if anyone who takes ketamine or has taken drugs knows, you do a tiny bit of ketamine, and that's enough. But I would be doing really, really long, big lines because I just wanted to disappear, not like have a little bit and feel weird. I wanted to just completely lose consciousness, tranquilize myself, I suppose. My tolerance was so high with that stuff to the point where I would go to a party and I'd give some to a six foot five man, and he'd be floored by doing a tiny amount compared to what I was doing, which is scary."
She concluded: "I was escaping, but I was also like, 'I work so hard.' You know, I get to have fun, and I loved it. I had so much fun. I have incredible memories, and I wouldn't change any of it. But there's also an element to escape in that, for sure."
Delevingne emphasized the importance of talking about her experiences: "I think it's important to talk about it because I don't feel like I'm alone in it, and if people feel less alone because of it. I'm also unmedicated, which some people might find crazy because these are all things that I'm sure medication could probably help. But as time's gone on, I've really learnt my own remedies for it, and I like the way I am. If it ever gets to a point where it is obviously dangerous for anyone else or myself, like, of course, I will take myself off and figure it out."
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