Most of the world became aware of Julia Fox when she had a six-week relationship with Kanye West, and they made asses out of themselves all over Europe and America. Since their split, Julia has fashioned some kind of career for herself as a part-time actress, fashionista/celebrity and professional sh-t talker. She just gives interviews and says wild things, she shows up at fashion events and tries to scam some work. Well, she scammed a book deal and now her memoir, Down the Drain, will be released in mid-October. She spoke to the NYT to preview the book and talk about life in general. Some highlights:

Kanye is “the artist”: She changed most names (except for the dead, “because they can’t sue me,” she said), although she notably refers to a character who is obviously Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, as just “the artist.” In her retelling, their brief relationship was seemingly being directed by “the artist” for the public eye.

No ghostwriter: “I’ve had people be like: “Off record, between you and I, did you use a ghostwriter? Did somebody help you?” It’s kind of offensive. I wouldn’t make that statement if there were some ghostwriter out in the world — that feels really stupid. It goes back to people always underestimating me or not taking me seriously. What else is new?

She doesn’t describe sex Kanye in the book: “Because there, like, wasn’t any. It wasn’t really about that.

Whether she’s paid $20,000 just to show up to a brand event, at minimum. “Minimum [sometimes more than that]… it depends. If I love the brand, I’ll go for a $5,000 store credit. I’ll go to events for free if it’s for my friends or designers who I look up to — or I know that they don’t have a lot of money and this exposure could mean a lot to them.

She sold a gifted Birkin: “That was a Birkin that an older rich man had bought for me. It was enough money to get a car and live in Louisiana for six months, and then I blew through it all and had to come home. But you can get far with Birkin money. I understand the privilege of having nice things, but I also understand the burden that comes with it. Because now you’re constantly guarding your things. You’re paranoid about your things, you’re getting insurance on your things. Things get stolen or they get damaged, and it’s totally out of your control. I don’t put my self-worth in my things anymore. I’d rather wear some young up-and-coming designer that nobody knows than a full Dior outfit.

[From The NYT]

Most of the conversation is about her book and her wild life full of sex, drugs, death, pain and abuse. She has a jaded outlook on men and relationships, but that jaded view is well-earned. She’s seen and done a lot of sh-t. I think it’s interesting that she basically became famous for what was arguably her most “chaste” relationship, with Kanye. No sex, no romance, it was like she was hired to be art-directed in a relationship for the paparazzi.

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