Cara Delevingne’s mother on daughter's sexuality and fears over 'lonely' life

'Everyone thinks they know her, but they don’t and it’s quite a lonely life'

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Cara Delevingne’s mother has praised the supermodel's decision to come out about her sexuality as “incredibly brave” and expressed fears about her daughter being isolated.

Cara first spoke about being in a relationship with the singer St Vincent, real name Annie Clarke, during an interview with Vogue magazine.

The 23-year-old also reiterated her stance on her sexuality after Vogue faced a backlash for suggesting in its profile that Delevingne “learn to trust a man”, telling The New York Times: “My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am."

Her mother Pandora Delevingne told The Times she often worried about her daughter's jet-setting career and life lived under the glare of the spotlight for fear it isolates her.

“Sometimes I wish my little girl would just come home,” she said. “Then I remember she’s not a little girl anymore. She’s her own woman, Cara, and I respect her for that. She has a very strange life. One minute she’s surrounded by friends, the next she’s all on her own jetting across the world. I don’t think I could handle that. Everyone thinks they know her, but they don’t and it’s quite a lonely life.”

Delevingne said her daughter and Clark are content together.

“She is lovely and they are very happy. I think it was so brave of Cara to come out with her sexuality. I think she is amazing.”