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Cara Delevingne has revealed she inherited an internalised phobia from the generations before her.
The 31-year-old model has previously called herself pansexual and bisexual, but has since said her sexuality is constantly changing and the way she uses labels often changes.
Delevingne made the BBC television series Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne in 2022 in an attempt to open up conversations about sexuality for herself and viewers.
Speaking to The timesDelevingne admitted it had taken her “a long time” to understand her internalised phobia “because it’s built into her”.
He Children in love The star said her parents had never reassured her that it was okay for her to love whoever she wanted. She added that they had instilled in her that women were always supposed to be heterosexual.
“It’s a generational thing. I don’t think it was their fault at all,” Delevingne said of her phobia. “It just is. I think a lot of parents thought, ‘Oh, if I have a gay son, I’ve done something wrong.’”
Delevingne has previously dated women in the entertainment industry, including musician St Vincent and actor Ashley Benson.
Speaking during an edition of the Pride podcast Make it reign With Josh Smith in 2021, he explained: “The way I define myself still changes all the time, whether I’m pansexual, bisexual, I don’t really know.
Pansexual and bisexual are different in that pansexuals do not recognize gender as part of someone's attraction to another person.
The model continued: “It's like a pendulum swinging, but I feel much more comfortable being bisexual now than I did before.
“Somehow I felt like I was going down one path because I lacked desire or love for women, and now everything is much different. I feel much freer and more comfortable because before I thought, 'Oh, I'm gay.' That brings with it self-shame.”
Delevingne described being much harder on herself than she was on anyone else. She said: “I talk to myself way worse than I would talk to any other human being in the entire world.
“No matter what, even someone who has hurt me more than anyone else, I will be much kinder than that.”
The model said Pride Month, which falls every year in June, is about “choosing love.”
Delevigne said: “I think that's what Pride should be. It's just love, love for your partner, love for your neighbour, love for yourself, most importantly, and loving people you don't know either.
“It doesn’t have to be something you talk about and it’s just about a relationship. It can just be about a stranger, you know, who has empathy and compassion for all people.”
