Zoe Kravitz covers the July issue of British Vogue. You can see the editorial here – they had much better photo choices for the cover, but they chose this shot. Don’t get me wrong, I love’s Zoe’s expression and her hair, but they could have done something really special with the cover and this just seems like a throwaway shot. Zoe covers British Vogue to promote Big Little Lies 2, but she mostly talks about her love – and now her husband – Karl Glusman, and what it was like growing up with such famous parents. You can read Vogue’s excerpt here. Some highlights:
On Karl Glusman: She met him three years ago via a mutual acquaintance. “I love that it wasn’t on an app and that it wasn’t on a movie set. My friend knew that I wanted to meet someone – not even to get serious, I think just to get laid, to be completely honest with you – and he brought Karl. I instantly felt something – then he turned around and started talking to the blonde girl next to him and I was like, ‘Wait, what?’. But he later told me that he was just nervous.” Having a family is on the cards, but “not any time soon”.
Her dad was around sometimes during her childhood: “I remember when ‘Fly Away’ was released, whenever my dad came to collect me, the whole school would swarm the parking lot. I always thought, ‘I know why I’m so excited to see him, because it’s rare for him to pick me up, but why are you all so excited?’”
Growing up in a mostly white environment: “My peers were wealthy white kids – jocks and cheerleaders – and I felt super alienated. On the cusp of being a teenager you’re trying to figure out who you are, and when there is no reflection of you anywhere you look, you feel like a freak.”
Her decade-long eating disorder that began at 13. “I think it came from a lot of things. My mother was so beautiful and so tiny, I always felt clunky around her, and then my dad was always surrounded by supermodels… I was short, and you feel uncomfortable in your skin anyway at that age.”
On her career: “When I got into acting school, I never knew if it was because of my audition or my last name. But I’m slowly learning that no director will hire me because of my surname. The first 10 years of my career have been about proving myself. I now finally feel like I’m in a place where I’m able to say, ‘I deserve this,’ and, “I worked really hard.’ I’m getting better.”
Re: nepotism and “getting parts because of her name”… I think it’s a little bit of everything, honestly? I’m not saying that as an insult to Zoe at all, but I’m sure that she did get a few jobs and many auditions because of her name. And that’s fine too – she can’t help that she’s the daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, and if we’re getting all of these second-generation and third-generation acting dynasties, why not a Bonet-Kravitz dynasty as well? She can do the work and she’s capable. It’s not like she’s Kendall Jenner-ing the situation and pretending that her surname puts her at such a disadvantage.
Also: did it feel judgy that she’s thankful she didn’t meet Karl through work or an app?
Her baby bangs kill me in this shot:
Cover & IG courtesy of British Vogue.
I confess that I am grateful not to have to be “in the market” as I met my husband through a friend who thought we were soulmates at the age of nineteen. But that’s because I have no game and I don’t enjoy the dating game.
But to say that she’s glad they didn’t meet through an app sounds a bit judgemental without more background.
Oh man, I hate the dating game, and I hate apps! I was only successful in getting boyfriends before Tinder, now i literally have no game, and have been screwed over a few times too. Modern dating sucks for me, I can’t compete :/
She said an app OR a movie set. I don’t think that’s her being judgy so much as acknowledging that actors tend to date people they work with and people of her generation (and mine frankly) don’t really meet people in real life anymore. Which is true.
Yeah, I’m not horrified with that comment. No shame to those who do meet on an app. I think she’s more or less saying that she’s thankful she met him in a more organic way, and didn’t just date someone she was working with.I remember being a kid when one of my family members dumped her kids and ran off with some guy she’d met online, so it’s definitely not something that’s only directed at my generation.
Yeah. I met my husband at work. Which, while not an app, is my equivalent of a movie set. I’m glad we got the opportunity to be friends first without the pressure of dating, but it’s still a pretty standard story.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with meeting your partner on an app. If it works, it works. Everyone is different, everyone has a different set of circumstances. Love is love. No matter how you find it.
Nothing wrong with an App at all, it just wasn’t for her or for me. I have done App and real life. Real life seems to work better for me.
Exactly. I met my mister in an app and I would have never met him Inn”real life” as we don’t have friends or a job in common. And I am very thankful for it. He’s awesome. So she can suck it.
Also, no nepotism? Please. Is she beautiful? sure. But that name 💯 open doors.
She’s just stunning. But I’ve had an imaginary love thing going on with her mom since the 80s so I’m probably biased. 😛
However you meet your partner is wonderful but I get what she’s saying. I had several previous relationships start through Match.com or MySpace (dating myself here) so when I met my husband in “real” life (ok, it was at Burning Man so not a normal way either), I was happy it wasn’t through online channels. I’m pretty relieved we met before all the apps took off because while the apps sound fun they also sound tiring to this 38 year old.
Commented in the wrong place, sorry.
I met my SO on a dating app, but I didn’t feel judged by her statement. I took it as she was happy she didn’t have to hassle with looking; her friend found her a guy. I absolutely hated using dating apps. It’s a lot of work! The first date I had with my current partner was such a relief; I knew right away we’d be together for a while and I wouldn’t have to do the app game anymore.
Nothing judgy. I think it’s common knowledge at this point most people are exhausted by dating apps.
I would also love to meet someone to date in ”real life” instead of an app. A little difficult these days but not giving up hope!
“My father was surrounded by supermodels.” That must have sucked IRL (maybe they were nice but that look is mostly unattainable by the rest of us), and it’s interesting that she called it out.
I probably wouldn’t have minded a husband from an app, because my hubs of 25 plus years was a bartender at a dive club my group used to dance at till 4am every weekend lol. My man slipped me margaritas and kamakazis all night…so romantic.
“Having a family is on the cards”– I can’t tell if that’s a typo or if someone doesn’t know that it’s IN the cards or ON the table.
You feel better having gotten that critical information out there?
I think she’s beautiful but my god that beer commercial irks me! She’s tapping and whispering about organic beer or some sh*t and I think they’re going for sexy natural but it’s so annoying to me. I don’t drink beer but is that supposed to be make me drink a beer? Btw met my husband on a dating site and I think it’s a great way to find whatever it is you’re looking for as long as you’re honest. I was tired of meeting douche bags in bars and my friends friends were not what I wanted so I put out what I was looking for and found my husband. You can meet pretty awful people organically too so IRL or online you just gotta hope and pray basically.
They’re capitalizing on this whole “ASMR” thing (which frankly I don’t get) but the trending time for that seems to have passed, so it seems outdated already.
I agree! I can’t stand that commercial. But she is really beautiful and I like that cover.
I think it was just a little bit of shade. As in “We looked at each other and KNEW” (or words to that effect), and that’s a better story than “We met on an app.” I met my husband on line before apps, but I’m just happy I met him at all!
Thinness dictatorship is a cancer.
Lenny’s mother was Roxie Roker from The Jeffersons, so being in the business has trickled down 3 generations. Lenny is also related to Al Roker the weather guy. I think mostly it’s a very talented family.
I found it real funny how she describes her father picking her up at school. This is the thing with children, you are always a parent to them, no matter who you are or how famous you might be.
I can imagine growing up in the environment you feel so different to and being a young woman around all the models must have been thought. She seems like someone who grew up rather grounded and sane given the circumstances, so she should be real proud of herself.
I thought she was remarkably honest and thoughtful. Respect and admiration for her.
Didn’t she meet Fassbender on set?
As someone who has used a variety of apps, I am not offended by her comment. I know some people have found some luck with it and it could be based on location, but seriously, it’s just a bunch of weirdos on there for the most part. I am so down for introducing people or having people introduce me to their friends because the app world seems like a hot mess.
I met my now-fiance on an app, then it turned out we lived a block away from each other lol
I was def a little annoyed by the comment, but mostly because I’m jelly. I’d love to not use a dating app and just meet someone out and about or through friends. But I don’t shade myself or anyone who uses apps, that’s just another avenue, but one that can get overwhelming and exhausting and feel pretty surreal sometimes.