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To think Cara Delevingne was really quite rude in this interview?

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CelestialGreen · 29/07/2015 23:09

Okay so it's a DM link (sorry - I know for that alone I'm BU!).

But AIBU to think Cara Delevingne was really quite rude in this interview?

I was quite shocked really. She's clearly irritated because they got her name wrong, but to pass her rudeness off as 'British humour' is doing a real disservice to us Brits.

It wasn't humour, she comes across as very 'entitled' in MN speak and as if the interviewers are beneath her.

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3178925/Cara-Delevingne-responds-TV-anchors-slammed-awkward-interview.html#article-3178925

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BumpTheElephant · 30/07/2015 00:19

I thought she was slightly rude but understandably do. The interviewers seemed rather incompetent and irritating. They were more rude than her.
I think she also has a grumpy looking resting face which may be why they described her as "in a mood".

WaggleBee · 30/07/2015 00:20

From that short clip she's fine and I think her tweet about misunderstanding British sense if humour is bang on. She's being dry that's all. The presenters come across as pretty stupid.

PiperChapstick · 30/07/2015 00:20

If she was a man she would have been lauded as a genius maverick and been fighting off the offers for 'indie' producer/director rules for refusing to conform to Hollywood norms. Alas, she has a vagina.

Very true. If it was Daniel Radcliffe say, he'd have been painted as "quirky British actor" rather than moody. And no way would they have told him to go take a nap.

NotSparta · 30/07/2015 00:21

I liked her! Blush I do like a bit of sarcasm though, and the questions were stupid so I think they had it coming really. I also think that if you watch her body language she isn't bored, she is listening to each question then thinking how to respond. Unfortunately she doesn't smile into the camera whilst listening, she was looking around which comes across oddly. You can also see her confusion as they ask yet another weird question and she's thinking how the hell to answer this one.

I also reckon she was majorly hungover Grin

PiperChapstick · 30/07/2015 00:22

I thought the "no, it's just you" comment was vair funny. Perfect answer to PA bollocks!

Also am I the only one who thought she was American?

onthering · 30/07/2015 00:22

Bump That's true actually. She always looks a bit cross, but that's the natural arrangement of her facial features.

I'm not defending her because I'm any kind of a fan, I'm not. But I think she dealt with this well.

AlfAlf · 30/07/2015 00:26

I think she's very honest and authentic to herself, qualities that don't mix well with that type of television, where everyone's being all fake and smarmy.
She has dyspraxia and has been very open about having mental health problems since early teens. She's only 22; personally I think I'll cut her some slack.

WaggleBee · 30/07/2015 00:27

News flash: Woman isn't all sweetness and light and giving it bubbly, happy politeness at 7am. How dare she.

Faez · 30/07/2015 00:31

She was really rude and not at all funny. How people are saying it wasn't her fault is beyond me. Dry british humour my arse.

AlfAlf · 30/07/2015 00:31

Yy, waggle, I mean she should be overflowing with completely fake gratitude for the attention, does she not know the rules?!!

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CelestialGreen · 30/07/2015 00:32

I think gender is irrelevant here. I would've been equally as turned off if it was a man.

If that was her 'authentic' self then she hasn't shown it in a very good life.

Wasn't aware of any mental health issues though so I guess slack should be cut if so.

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PiperChapstick · 30/07/2015 00:34

I think gender is irrelevant here. I would've been equally as turned off if it was a man.

The point is though OP that a man doing the same interview probably wouldn't have made the news - he'd have been considered broody and quirky

selsigfach · 30/07/2015 00:35

The iterviewers were asking stupid questions and she was a brat. Doing the promo thing is part of the package when you sign up to being an actor. She did a pretty poor job here but ironically has given the film far more colum inches with this interview than it would ever gained had she just smiled and answered politely, however crappy the interviewers were.

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CelestialGreen · 30/07/2015 00:36

Hufty I agree though - and with Faez - how was it funny?

Also - polite is not a synonym for fake. She just struck me as someone who hadn't had to work hard for much and has had everything on a plate, hence not caring what people she considers 'nobodies' think.

I just don't relate to that viewpoint at all, so find it very hard to empathise.

I think in general life is better for everyone when you're not rude to people (same goes to the presenters!).

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CelestialGreen · 30/07/2015 00:39

Piper that's not true. There are always loads of male actors who get very bad press for their poor behaviour/rants (Christian Bale/Charlie Sheen/Alec Baldwin/Mel Gibson being the worst examples!)

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PiperChapstick · 30/07/2015 00:41

Those men you listed have had racist rants or been horribly abisive to their families - and even waved dangerous weapons about. Too right they should get bad press. They wouldn't have got bad press for a less than enthusiastic interview though

PiperChapstick · 30/07/2015 00:41

*abusive

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CelestialGreen · 30/07/2015 00:47

Agreed Piper - I did say they were the worst!

Am sure I could think of (merely) haughty male Cara equivalents.

I maintain that gender is a red herring though. Rude is rude.

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WaggleBee · 30/07/2015 01:06

Actually thinking about I don't think rude is rude is true. I think it is much less tolerated when it's a woman being less than polite than when it's a man.

They were rude to her as well as disingenuous and quite passive aggressive. She got fed up with that and was a bit snarky. She hardly told them to go fuck themselves and stormed out. Like lots of male actors and singers have done in the past

GingerCuddleMonster · 30/07/2015 01:08

I thought she was ace Wink

Stupid questions get stupid answers.

I thought it was all rather amusing (sips tea with pinky sticking out)

CheerfulYank · 30/07/2015 01:10

Hhmm. Well I think she maybe came off as a bit surly but the interviewers were more rude IMO.

And yes, sometimes the humor doesn't translate well on both sides. I've had to explain to posters on here before that some American websites are satirical.

MrsToddsShortcut · 30/07/2015 01:29

Honestly. I get really fed up with these poor hard done by actors, being paid comparatively stupid amounts of money for 6 weeks work (including press and promotion work) who can't be bothered to do it properly because it's 'dull/boring/repetitive/whatever'.

You know what? Cara? Jeremy Renner? Any other actors who decide to be stroppy/difficult/misogynist/etc in interviews because it's boring/repetive/mindless, If it's soooo tedious and repetitive, swap jobs with me. Come and do a slightly above minimum wage job every day where you get no thanks or perks or star treatment. Do some of my filing or data input, then you'll understand about repetitive!

I have no time at all for this spoilt brat rubbish where they get to be 'difficult' and make someone else's job harder because they can't be bothered to be professional. It's what they're bloody paid for. Do the job properly or go and work somewhere else. The majority of people in the world don't have the option of being stroppy or difficult at work. It's really not that difficult to bung on a smile and answer some stupid questions about a film. However dumb you think the questions are.

Doesn't matter how much of a nob the presenters were; that's not licence to be a nob back; if I did that, I'd be sacked. It's nice to be in a privileged position, but don't abuse it!

And breathe...

(Just to add, I saw CD on Graham Norton and really liked her. I just hate this idea that everyone in the entertainment industry are delicate flowers who can do what they want)

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CelestialGreen · 30/07/2015 01:43

MrsTodds - you put my objection into words so much better than I did.

(Yes I am still up. Insomnia tonight....hence 'stumbling' on the DM in the first place!)

I totally agree that promotion is part of their work. So suck it up! As you say, the majority of people won't earn in a lifetime what she has for six weeks' work.

I can just about understand people saying they didn't mind the attitude she showed here (at a push). But people who laud it / think it's something to be celebrated? Huh?

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Becauseicannes · 30/07/2015 02:24

She was rude esp when she said "I don't know where that came from". yes there were stupid questions but she should have been graceful. Saying you hate your character is not funny even if you are being sarcastic. She came across really badly, surly and rude. She p*ed them off which is something you shouldn't do when you are an inexperienced actress on a publicity trail. Their behaviour towards the end was a result of that.

Scarydinosaurs · 30/07/2015 06:32

They got her name wrong.

They asked her if being busy kept her focused.

Had she read the book, or did she not have time?

Stupid questions deserve stupid answers. I thought she was pretty restrained.

They were more rude- they didn't even apologise for getting her name wrong!