Cara Delevingne didn't quit modeling—she simply needed a break.
The model-actress turned to Twitter to open up about the hiatus in her modeling career. Many reported that she had quit modeling to focus on her acting career, but it turns out that isn't the case. "Can we just set the record straight...I never said I was quitting modeling. I do not blame the fashion industry for anything," she began her series of tweets.
"I suffer from depression and was a model during a particularly rough patch of self hatred."
Her candid confession comes on the heels of her new modeling campaign for Saint Laurent, which some reported as her "return" to modeling. Following the release of her images, she simply tweeted, "I never quit."
In the midst of her candid confession she explained why she backed away from modeling. "I am so lucky for the work I get to do but I used to work to try and escape and just ended up completely exhausting myself," she continued. "I am focusing on filming and trying to learn how to not pick apart my every flaw. I am really good at that."
Delevingne has appeared in Paper Towns and plays Enchantress in the upcoming movie Suicide Squad. Shortly after her "word vomit" ended, the British model posted a thoughtful quote on Instagram and captioned it, "truth."
In an interview with London's The Times in August, Delevingne admitted that having to pose nude or sexually made her uncomfortable given that it starts at such a young age. "I am a bit of a feminist and it makes me feel sick," she told the paper. "It's horrible and it's disgusting. [We're talking about] young girls. You start when you are really young and you do, you get subjected to…not great stuff."
Her demanding schedule also took a toll on her, mentally and physically. She developed psoriasis, a visible skin affliction that had to be covered up by makeup. "People would put on gloves and not want to touch me because they thought it was, like, leprosy or something," she admitted. "It is a mental thing as well because if you hate yourself and your body and the way you look, it just gets worse and worse."