Cindy Crawford. The supermodel with the iconic beauty spot has revealed she is stepping back to make way for her lookalike daughter, 14-year-old Kaia Gerber.
In an extensive interview with WTF with Marc Maron podcast, Cindy Crawford also talks about ageing gracefully, being married to Richard Gere for two years, turning 50 and the childhood tragedy that marked her young life.
Here are some of the highlights:
On being married to Richard Gere for two years:
The supermodel married actor Richard Gere at the age of 26. They were together for six years, but married for only two before they split.
She says: “Part of the problem in our relationship is that we were a lot of other things, but I don’t know if we were ever friends, because I was young and he was Richard Gere. And as I started growing up and growing into myself, it’s hard to change the dynamic of a relationship once you’re already in it.”
Cindy and her husband, Rande Gerber have been together for almost 25 years (and married for 17). “I think why Rande and I really work is because we were friends first.” she says. “I never pretended to like baseball or meditation, or whatever… I wasn’t trying to impress Randy.”
On body image, ageing and her teenage daughter:
Cindy says fashion is a pendulum that swings between the body ideals of Marilyn Monroe and Twiggy:
“Our generation, it was about being strong and having a real body, but that can only go one place, which is back to Kate Moss, who was like a deer in headlights. For me, where I think fashion should be going… is more all-encompassing… Especially now I have a daughter and I see her watching what’s ‘in’ in the moment – she’s very much watching Gigi and Kendall Jenner and Cara Delevingne and Karlie Kloss and all those people, and I see how she’s measuring herself against them, and that’s why it’s important to have it broader – because not everyone is five foot 10.”
The 49-year-old mother of two says she is still working on transitioning into the next stage of her life. “I don’t want to be that woman trying to be 25 when I’m 50,” she said. “I had a great 25, I had a great 20, I had a great 30. I want to have a great 50 and a great 55. I don’t want to be nostalgic for my glory days. I honour them, I celebrate them, but I don’t want to be stuck there.”
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Loved Cindy to bits when i was a teenager in the 90s. Now i look at her and all i can think of is Caitlyn Jenner.
She says she wants something different for her daughter, but i constantly read of her making comments about her daughters looks and how she is slightly envious of her youth - which I am sure she picks up on. Even the few examples in this post show this. Her daughter also looks to be buying right into the culture she wants her to avoid.