Cara Delevingne was told she would ‘never make it in the industry’ if people thought she was gay

Cara Delevingne has revealed Harvey Weinstein warned her not to come out, and says Amber Heard later told her she got the exact same advice.

The model and actress appeared on The Louis Theroux Podcast, where she spoke about being discouraged from publicly dating women early in her acting career. During the conversation, Cara also finally confirmed years of rumours that she and Amber Heard had been romantically involved.

Cara explained that disgraced former film producer Harvey Weinstein contacted her after seeing paparazzi pictures of her with women.

She recalled: “Harvey Weinstein called me up and said, ‘Are you gay?’ And I was like, ‘Um, what do you mean?’ And he was like, ‘You should never be in a relationship with a woman.’”

According to Cara, the call came after Weinstein had seen “paparazzi photos of me with women”.

She added that he warned her: “You’ll never make it in the industry if people think you’re gay.” Looking back, she admitted: “I really believed him, and I really took that to heart.”

But that wasn’t the end of it.

Later in the interview, Cara finally addressed years of speculation about her relationship with Amber Heard. Louis Theroux asked whether reports they had a “relatively short-lived liaison or a series of physical encounters” were accurate.

Cara replied: “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.”

The relationship had been rumoured for years but neither of them had publicly confirmed it until now.

Speaking about Amber, Cara explained that after they got together, she discovered the actress had been given the same warning about her sexuality.

“She had exactly the same thing,” Cara said, referring to Weinstein’s comments about dating women publicly.

Amber has previously spoken about the pressure she faced after coming out as bisexual. Although she publicly acknowledged her relationship with photographer Tasya van Ree in 2010, she later claimed people in Hollywood warned her it would damage her career.

Speaking previously, Amber said she was advised to keep her sexuality private because it could hurt her chances of landing major film roles.

 

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Cara also reflected on realising she was gay from a young age, telling Louis: “Well, now I look back on it, it was super evident really young. I knew at, like, 11 years old. I had this one friend that I was like, ‘Oh, I think I care about her more than she likes me, and I don’t know how, but I do.’ It was obvious now, but then it really wasn’t, and I’m very proud of it now.”

She added that eventually opening up publicly felt important because: “I think when I started talking about it and being open about it, I felt like there was a lot to fight for still at that point in terms of shows about gay people and, you know, people to look up to for younger kids.”

The interview marks the first time Cara has publicly confirmed her relationship with Amber Heard, while also revealing the pair shared a strikingly similar experience when it came to warnings about being openly queer in Hollywood.

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