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Cara Delevingne: Sobriety, Sexuality & Self-Love

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Join Alex in the studio for an interview with Cara Delevingne. Cara sits down with Alex to talk about her new album and reflect on the experiences that helped her find herself. She opens up about mental health, sobriety, identity, and why her music era fee...

Highlights

In this episode, Cara Delevingne opens up about her journey from modeling to music, sharing raw insights into her struggles with identity, addiction, and mental health. She reflects on the pressures of her career, her path to sobriety, and how creating her new album became a form of personal rebirth.
04:50
Priorities change but desires remain.
12:17
I felt like a queer child who didn't belong.
20:37
Emotional pain is often dismissed when not physically visible.
23:27
Drugs provided escape from her pain.
39:40
I didn't believe in what I was selling.
51:42
I was an undercover lesbian.
1:07:32
I didn't feel I owed it to anyone to come out.
1:16:21
I flushed my drugs and chose life.
1:28:10
Rejecting rigid abstinence models to avoid guilt cycles.
1:40:05
Emotions are gifts, not burdens.
1:55:55
Sobriety helped her escape numbing and grow.

Chapters

Nervous Excitement and a Career in Flux: From Modeling to Music
00:00
Rebelling Against High Society: The Pressure to Be Perfect
07:08
A Mother's Struggle and a Child's Hidden Pain
15:03
Early Escapes: Drugs, Codependency, and a Terrifying Bad Trip
23:27
The Modeling Machine: Discomfort, Rejection, and Finding a Breakthrough
34:32
Falling at Victoria's Secret: Gay Panic, Numbing, and the Cost of Success
49:00
The Empty Shell: Pretending to Be Straight and Discovering My True Self
1:01:36
Hitting Rock Bottom: Addiction, Suicidal Thoughts, and the Choice to Live
1:16:21
Shame, Sobriety, and Making Peace with My Past Self
1:28:10
Repressed Anger as Fuel: Creating an Album from Raw Emotion
1:40:05
A Love Song and the Pressure of Performing: Where My Heart and Head Are Now
1:51:18

Transcript

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