Another day, another host of celebrities being forced to hit back at body-shamers.
Cara Delevingne took to Instagram yesterday to set the record straight against an uninformed media outlet. On October 30, The Sun published a now-deleted article claiming that Delevingne's absence in the 2014 Victoria's Secret fashion show (following her appearance in both 2012 and 2013 consecutively) was a result of the "fact" that Delevingne had since become "bloated". In rebuttal, Delevingne posted a screenshot of a letter written personally by Ed Razek, Victoria's Secret producer, stating that all such rumours are utterly false.
Razek clarified that the model/actor's absence was simply a result of scheduling conflicts.
"The sole reason you ultimately couldn't join us was the movie you were shooting in North Carolina. It quite understandably couldn't accommodate your absence," he wrote.
Razek wrapped up the letter by personally extending the invitation to have Delevingne walk in the 2016 show again, which will be filmed at the end of this month and air in early December.
Delevingne captioned her Instagram post: "It's shameless to discuss women's bodies just to sell papers."
Feature Image: Getty.
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So it's OK to make a living out of your appearance and the way your body looks, but then it's not OK to have the same discussed? Models need to figure out that their work is open to discussion, and yes, criticism- like everyone else. Like it or not, often that criticism will revolve around their bodies, because that is essentially their selling point. They can't pull the feminist card when it suits them and hide it away when it doesn't! If being paid obscene amounts of money to be a human coat hanger doesn't suit them, they can always get a real job.
I think the problem was the paper reporting a false reason why Delevingne didn't appear in the show. They made up a false story rather than trying to find the truth.