Good day Cara Delevingne

I hope you saw Cara Delevingne’s interview with "Good Day Sacramento." For those who have yet to witness it, check it out here before proceeding.

There were two distinct responses to this interview that arose while discussing it with my friends: a comment about how unbelievably impolite the hosts of "Good Day Sacramento" were to this budding star, and a comment about how unbelievably impolite Delevingne was during the entire uncomfortable ordeal. My opinion is the former.

Previously, female celebrities in the media have been forced to live up to a ladylike persona in the public eye. That stops now. This incredible young woman has taken a stand against criticism for her seeming “ungrateful” and “haughty” attitude during the interview. While it seems that there are two sides to this issue, there should not be. The hosts were there to talk about her movie “Paper Towns,” but all I seemed to hear about was how exhausted she looked and how unhappy she seemed to be on the show. Journalists everywhere were filling my news feed with frustration that the anchors were contributing to the bad reputation their profession has been getting recently. I completely agree.

The first questions a reporter should ask have always been who was involved, what happened, where did it occur, when was it and why did it happen. I do not think I learned anything about this movie during the entire interview because they were too concerned with asking ridiculous questions like “Did you get a chance to read it?” and “Do you even have time to read since you’re so busy?” OF COURSE SHE READ IT! SHE HAD TO ACT IN A MOVIE BASED ON THE BOOK!!

I would love to discuss the atrocious manners of the hosts toward another human being (one who deserved their respect), but that would not even begin to scratch the surface of the underlying issue this interview brought up. Why are the female celebrities overwhelmingly being asked these outrageous questions when they are doing the same exact job as male celebrities? I have yet to find an interview where a man is asked why he looks run down or how he is keeping up with his home life, what with being so “busy.” If you can find one for me, I would be happy to see it.

Delevingne is not American. She does not have the same humor, or even think the same way that we do in this country. I will remind you why this matters: She is not required to sit through an interview and be cheery and upbeat when that is not her personality. She has been extremely open about her sarcasm and dry sense of humor and is wildly unapologetic about it. As she should be. She does not exist to please the media. She does not exist to please the public. Simply because she is famous does not mean everyone will like her, and it certainly does not mean everyone will understand her.

I applaud Delevingne for being unapologetically true to herself. When faced with disgraceful reporting, she educated everyone that she, and every female in the media, will not be disrespected any longer. #whoruntheworld

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