‘I felt guilty’: Cara Delevingne on her experience with Harvey Weinstein
Cara Delivinge is the latest star to come forward in the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Earlier today, the model-tuned-actress took to Instagram to releases a lengthy statement detailing a experience she had with the famed producer in which he invited her back to his hotel room and asked her to kiss another woman.
“When I arrived I was relieved to find another woman in his room and thought immediately I was safe,” she explained.
Adding: “He asked us to kiss and she began some sort of advances.”
The initial meeting has been in relation to a role in an upcoming film, and even though Cara ended up with the part, she admitted she felt guilt about it ever since.
“I still got the part for the film and always thought that he gave it to me because of what happened.”
“Since then I felt awful that I did that movie. I felt like I didn't deserve the part.”
Cara also revealed details of an uncomfortable phone conversation she had Harvey when she was just finding her feet in the world of acting, during which he referenced her sexuality and told her she'd never “make it as an actress.”
“When I first started to work as an actress, I was working on a film and I received a call from Harvey Weinstein asking if I had slept with any of the women I was seen out with in the media,” she said.
“It was a very odd and uncomfortable call…. I answered none of his questions and hurried off the phone but before I hung up, he said to me that If I was gay or decided to be with a woman especially in public that I'd never get the role of a straight woman or make it as an actress in Hollywood.”
The star finished off by reminding victims of sexual abuse to that they are never to blame for the actions of others, and encouraged women to talk about their experiences.
You can read Cara's full statement below:
