After years of speculation, Cara Delevingne has put the question to rest. During her appearance on“The Louis Theroux Podcast”on Monday, June 29, the model and actress confirmed what tabloids had whispered about for years: she and Amber Heard were more than just close friends.
The connection traces back to the film“London Fields,”where both Delevingne, 33, and Heard, 40, worked alongside Johnny Depp, 63. That shared production became the origin story—though Delevingne made clear that nothing romantic happened at that time. Depp’s jealousy during filming, she suggested, may have come from a different place entirely. The real shift came later, after Heard and Depp’s 2016 split, when circumstances changed and proximity deepened into something more.
When Theroux pressed for clarity, Delevingne didn’t dance around it. What started as tentative language (“I suppose”) transformed into certainty:“No, I don’t suppose. I know.”The conversation then moved to terminology. Theroux introduced the word“entanglement”—a relatively short-lived liaison or series of physical encounters—and Delevingne accepted the description. She and Heard were close for an extended period, then entangled during Heard’s divorce proceedings. But Delevingne was careful to note that Heard was also entangled with others during that time, a reference to Heard’s brief relationship with Elon Musk, which began in 2016 and was confirmed in April 2017.
The timing of this confirmation matters. During the 2022 defamation trial between Depp and Heard, Depp explicitly accused Heard of affairs with both Delevingne and Musk. At that time, neither woman confirmed the claims. The jury ultimately found both Depp and Heard liable for defamation, though Depp received substantially larger damages. Now, years removed from that legal battlefield, Delevingne’s candid podcast conversation adds a new layer to the public record—not as courtroom evidence, but as personal testimony.
This moment also signals a broader shift in how these figures are willing to discuss their private lives. There’s no shame in the admission, no performative secrecy. Just clarity, delivered on her own terms and timeline. For listeners who’ve followed the Depp-Heard saga from beginning to end, Delevingne’s honesty feels like a loose thread finally tied up—one that the public record had been tangled in for years.
“The Louis Theroux Podcast”is available on Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
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