The gorgeous English model, actress, and musician Cara Delevingne has been opening up about the alarming wake-up call that prompted her to make some serious positive changes in her life.
Delevingne, 33, had previously spiralled into a life of substance abuse. In 2022, following the Burning Man festival, photographs of the star were infamously published that showed her looking incredibly worse for wear.
On the Wednesday, June 3 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Delevingne spoke to host Alexandra Cooper about those times. She detailed the shocking signs that showed her she needed to change her ways.
Cara Delevinge’s Drug Use Was Excessive
GettyPer TMZ, “Call Her Daddy” host Alexandra Cooper started the “wake-up call” discussion with Cara Delevingne by saying, “The Burning Man photos. Ultimately, I know they kind of became a wake-up call. Um, can you talk to me about like, just, where you were at, mentally, leading up to that moment.”
Delevingne responded openly. She described the dark path she was on. The 33-year-old said, “I was in a pretty hardcore time again. I’d stopped doing ketamine, but I was… it’s really interesting the drugs that people choose to do, and what that means that they’re covering up.”
The star went on, “Alcohol was never really my thing. I would drink, but, it wasn’t… I didn’t like it, I liked like disassociate ‘knock yourself out’ things.”
She continued, “So I was doing a lot of, like, GBL, GBH, which is like a date rape drug, which is… you’re just, like, effectively knocking yourself out. And then, like, taking cocaine or whatever to keep me awake.”
Delevingne then detailed what happened to make her realize she needed to stop.
Delevingne’s Drug Use Caused Seizures
She said, “My 30th birthday was that year. I was like ‘I’ve [expletive] caned it for however long and had a great time, and it’s just not great any more. But I’m gonna have a blowout 30th birthday and then I’m gonna get sober. And it tied up in a neat little bow that I just thought was gonna be really easy.”
But then came the wake-up call. Delevingne said, “I didn’t know how addicitve that stuff was. I just thought I took it every day. I didn’t know that you really had to like medically detox from it and I started having seizures. And that literally… those photos were taken right after I’d had a seizure at Burning Man. And I was meant to go to work. I mean, it was just an absolute storm.”
It undoubtedly took a lot of courage to open up like that and Delevingne deserves a lot of praise for doing so.
Delevigne Is Now Sober & Drug-Free
GettyCara Delevingne credits that dark chapter of her life with triggering positive change in her life. She is now sober and drug-free.
Having not appeared in a movie since 2022’s anthology film “Tell It Like a Woman,” she will star in the comedy-drama “Club Kid” later this year. The movie debuted at Cannes in May to critical acclaim and will release in theaters soon.
She has several additional upcoming projects. They include horror movie “The Punishing,” crime drama “The Murderous Miss Highsmith,” action film “The Climb,” and thriller offering “Punk.”
Delevingne has previously appeared in the likes of 2015’s romantic mystery movie “Paper Towns,” 2016’s DC superhero movie “Suicide Squad,” and 2017’s space opera “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.”
She is also known for hosting the reality documentary series “Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne.” The show explores big questions about human sexuality.
We wish her well with her future career.
Cara Delevingne’s filmography info was courtesy of IMDb.
