Cara Delevingne Defends Karl Lagerfeld in Exchange With Jameela Jamil
Cara Delevingne is emotionally defending the legacy of the late Karl Lagerfeld, who died on Tuesday (February 19) at the age of 85, in an exchange with Jameela Jamil on Twitter.
After the 32-year-old The Good Place star called out Karl for being “a ruthless, fat-phobic misogynist,” the 26-year-old Suicide Squad actress jumped into the discussion.
“I understand what you were trying to do and I apologize if I offended you or anyone else. I just don’t feel that living in the past and bringing up things that have already happened helps anything. Let’s move forward and lead with love. That’s it,” said Cara.
“I didn’t find you offensive. I just think it hurts a lot of fat people, and people who he was racist about, and people who were affected by his toxic misogyny, to see someone like that hailed as if he was a saint. We have privelege so he was nice to us. He hurt a lot of people.❤️,” Jameela replied.
“It saddens me deeply that anyone was hurt, that I do not condone. It is not possible to go through life without hurting people. He was not a saint, he is a human being like all of us who made mistakes and we should all have the chance to be forgiven for that,” wrote Cara.
“Again, we can’t chalk decades of abusive rhetoric towards minorities as ‘being human’ or ‘ making mistakes’ doing it once as a joke and then apologizing is one thing, doing it again and again in spite of public outcry is a bad human. I’m sorry to speak ill of someone you love. ❤️,” replied Jameela.
Prior to their exchange, Cara separately spoke out in defense of Karl on her own account.
See their full exchange below.
I didn’t find you offensive. I just think it hurts a lot of fat people, and people who he was racist about, and people who were affected by his toxic misogyny, to see someone like that hailed as if he was a saint. We have privelege so he was nice to us. He hurt a lot of people.❤️
— Jameela Jamil (@jameelajamil) February 20, 2019
Again, we can’t chalk decades of abusive rhetoric towards minorities as “being human” or “ making mistakes” doing it once as a joke and then apologizing is one thing, doing it again and again in spite of public outcry is a bad human. I’m sorry to speak ill of someone you love. ❤️
— Jameela Jamil (@jameelajamil) February 20, 2019
But cara, his cruel words weren’t directed at you because you’re thin, and white, and incredibly privileged. So you don’t feel the pain of his bad behavior. There is never a good time to talk about this really. So much glory to someone who punched down, frequently. I’m sorry. X
— Jameela Jamil (@jameelajamil) February 20, 2019
Honest yes and this should be a general dicussion which should be spoken about outside of just him. He is not the problem. The way the world is… and the way the industry has been for a long time. It’s time for change and I agree with that
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) February 20, 2019
You can not compare Harvey to Karl! Especially to me
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) February 20, 2019
I agree but what you are saying you must understand is upsetting me greatly. I am grieving someone who was special to me. It’s very tough to have this conversation without getting emotional.
— Cara Delevingne (@Caradelevingne) February 20, 2019
And I am asking you consider all the people without your privelege who he talked about as if they weren’t human beings with feelings, worthy of any respect. Whether he was your friend or not. I’m sorry Cara, but I just answered you honestly and as respectfully as I could. ❤️
— Jameela Jamil (@jameelajamil) February 20, 2019
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