From L: Kim Kardashian, Julia Fox, Kanye West.Photo:Heidi Gutman/BRAVO via Getty; Gotham/GC Images; Victor Boyko/Getty
Heidi Gutman/BRAVO via Getty; Gotham/GC Images; Victor Boyko/Getty
Julia Foxis speaking out about her short romance withKanye West.
TheUncut Gemsactress, 33, said in an interview with theLos Angeles Timesabout her bookDown the Drainthat she initially thought her relationship with the rapper and fashion mogul, 46, “could be something real.”
“I really understood him on a visceral level,” Fox said, adding that she “thought ultimately I’d be helping a precarious situation” when it came to his dynamic with his ex,Kim Kardashian.
“But I learned very quickly that I was being weaponized,” she added. “I just felt like his little puppet.”
A rep for West did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Kanye West and Julia Fox in Paris on Jan. 23, 2022.Marc Piasecki/GC Images
The actress and model has said shetouches on her relationship with West “lightly"in the book, but told theTimes, “I’m not signing a f—ing NDA just on principle. I never have, and I never will.” She then added, “Unless it’s a professional opportunity, then sure.”
As for howtheir romance may have affected Fox’s career, she said she “know(s) for a fact I’ve been up for certain things and couldn’t do it because of dating Kanye. It’s kind of wild.”
“It really wasn’t that big of a deal, but other people made it such a big deal,” she said of their relationship.
Fox also spoke toRolling Stoneabout her time with West, saying the “weaponizing” aspect is “why the relationship only lasted a month.”
Julian Fox’s memoirDown the Drain, out Oct. 10, 2023.Amazon
Amazon
Calling it a “red flag,” Fox toldRolling Stone, “When I realized what was happening, I was like, ‘I don’t want to be part of this.’ "
Fox, who has a 2-year-old son namedValentino, also admitted that she “probably would have stuck it out longer” if she “wasn’t a mom,” noting earlier in the interview that she “made a lot of money” during her relationship with West.
“If I was still that version of myself, I would have probably just been like, ‘It’s a good opportunity, just do it,' " she said. “Now that I’m a mom, I have a higher moral standard for myself.”
Down the Drainis out Tuesday, and available for preorder now onamazon.com.
source: people.com
