Cara Delevingne admits to selling drugs as a teenager as she opens up on terrifying effects of addiction
Warning: This article contains discussion of drugs, drug addiction and suicidal thoughts, which some readers may find distressing.
Cara Delevingne has revealed that she used to sell drugs as a teenager, as she 'didn't have money'.
The actor, musician and model spoke candidly about her substance abuse in a new interview on Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, revealing that she had started taking drugs at the age of 14.
"When I first started doing drugs, I was seeking connection, and I felt like I found myself," she recalled.
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“I loved fun, and I loved dancing, and I was like, ‘Oh, this someone I really like. This is really cool.’ It was at a pretty young age that I started buying drugs to sell them and to do them.”
Explaining how she got into selling drugs, the 33-year-old then explained that she'd done so because she 'didn’t have money' at the time.
"When I bought the drugs to sell, I just did them all by myself," she said. "Not all of them. I sold half of them, did the rest.
"So I basically did the drugs for free. Wasn’t a great drug dealer."
Delevingne, who is currently on tour promoting new music, also opened up about the infamous Burning Man festival photos in 2022, revealing that it had been a major wake-up call for her.
Explaining that she was going through a 'hardcore time' with her drug use, Delevingne said that she'd stopped using ketamine at the time, instead opting for GHB and cocaine.
"My 30th birthday was that year," she said. Recalling her thought process at the time, the former Burberry model said she'd planned to round out her twenties with a 'blowout' birthday before getting sober – a process she thought would be 'easy'.
"I didn't know how addictive that stuff was," she continued. "I didn't know that you had to medically detox from it.
"I started having seizures, and those photos were taken literally after I'd had a seizure at Burning Man," Delevingne continued, referring to concerning images of her looking dishevelled outside of Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles.
The Victoria's Secret model also touched on the mental anguish she experienced after becoming famous, explaining that she'd struggled with suicidal thoughts after becoming a household name.
"The suicidal ideation came back around when I was at my height of fame," she added. "When I should’ve been the most happy and I felt the most guilty and I felt the most like I didn’t deserve any of it and I was so close to ending my life."
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Brenna Cooper