Last summer, we heard the rumor that Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson were really dating. They first tried to halfway play it like they were just friends, but it really looked like they started dating about one year ago. And it seems to have been really good for Cara – she was always a bit of a “wild child,” but she’s seemed so much calmer and happier in the past year. It also felt like most people just accepted them as a couple and moved on – there wasn’t a ton of drama except for Cara and Ashley pretending there was a lot of drama (so, normal couple sh-t). My point is that we’ve known about them for a year already, but recently we had to pretend that it was breaking news that they are together and in love. They recently attended the Trevor Live gala together – a first for them, attending an event together and posing for photos – and Cara even talked to E! News about why they’ve “come out.”
Cara Delevingne is opening up about her decision to go public with her relationship with Ashley Benson, nearly one year after they started dating. In an interview at the TrevorLIVE Gala, the model tells E! News that she actually decided to go public with their kiss for two big reasons: the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and the first anniversary of her relationship with Ashley. “I don’t know because it is Pride, it’s been 50 years since Stonewall happened and I don’t know,” she shares. “It’s been just about our one year anniversary so, why not?”
Rumors about their romance have been swirling since last year, but the steamy make-out video they shared confirmed what everyone was hoping for. And while it was confirmation for the rest of the world, to the Brit it was just “a little something.” After all, she’s the one dating Ashley!
But, it’s fair to say that Cara seems to be quite smitten with the Pretty Little Liars star. In her speech at the gala, the 26-year-old gave a shout-out to one important person in the audience. “I also have another very special woman in this room to thank and you know who you are. She’s one of the people who help me love myself when I needed it most and I really needed it. She showed me what real love is and how to accept it, which is a lot harder than I thought,” the actress stated.
I tend to believe that Cara probably wanted to be a lot more open and effusive with Ashley from the start of their relationship and Ashley was the one holding back a bit. Like, Ashley didn’t want to be so public and Cara respected that but then they still did the makeout videos eventually. Anyway, a one-year anniversary. Good for them, honestly. I always figured that Cara would eventually circle around to Kristen Stewart and we could watch the messiest lady-couple ever, but twas not to be.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
You know, if she would pull her hair totally back, she would look exactly like a young Boy George back in the day….
It’s Pride Month ya know!
Cara needs to stay in modeling. She’s actually quite good- the best of the nepotism. Awful in movies. Ashley is gorgeous. I’ll never forget when she dated Bieber’s swag coach. Imagine being paid for being a SWAG COACH.
Ashley apparently comes from a really religious, conservative Christian family, and word is (at least on social media) that her family aren’t exactly wild about this relationship. So yeah, I can fully believe it was a lot more daunting for her to go in any way public with it. But congrats to them, they seem to be quietly really really happy together, and to look at the amount they’ve travelled around the world together, as well as the amount of time they spend together in America, they seem to be pretty much inseparable. I think they seem like a really lovely couple. Long may their happiness last!
Cara Delevingne is sexy! cute couple 🙂
Their decision to publicly come out is a big deal to me. Coming out (historically) was always meant to be done by privileged LGBTI+ people to help normalise it. It helps give hope to those who remain closteted due to the risk of becoming homelessness, unemployment etc…
Anyways for all we know one of them has homophobic relatives and that’s why they privately dated for the first year. Ashley & Cara aren’t making a big deal out of nothing. The homophobic, biphobic & transphobic laws across the globe highlight that we still have big strides to make when it comes to social equality for LGBTI+ people.
In summary I think it’s fanstatic when people come out. Publicly bisexual people like Frida Kahlo & Collete helped me feel better as a young pansexual.
Those laws don’t just highlight the risk. Being a prominent, out celebrity can limit the countries you can travel to for work, or mean your films will be blocked from being shown in some countries. It can mean you and your partner can’t travel safely in conservative countries, and you may be in danger if work requires you to film somewhere with draconian laws.
I wish them all the happiness in the world, it is so refreshing to see love, joy, support when the news feed is overwhelming depressing and inhumane.