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Cara Delevingne responds to awkward interview

Updated / Wednesday, 29 Jul 2015 19:51
Delevingne - Has certainly helped raise the movie's profile
Delevingne - Has certainly helped raise the movie's profile

Easily the most awkward celebrity interview of 2015 to date, Paper Towns star Cara Delevingne's encounter with California's Good Day Sacramento has divided Twitter, with users debating who was rude: the model-turned-actress or the presenters.

A tired Delevingne took part in the early morning interview from the East Coast following the New York premiere of the coming-of-age love story, and things were off to a bad start when host Marianne McClary called her "Carla".

The young star then delivered deadpan answers to questions, and the exchange has now become the latest First World Problem to vex users of social media. 

Delevingne has now responded to the story on Twitter, writing simply that her sense of humour was misunderstood.

When McClary asked if Delevingne had time to read the John Green book on which the film is based before production commenced, she replied: "No, I never read the book. Or the script, actually. I kind of winged it. No, of course I read the book. I think the book's amazing."

Scrubs actor Zach Braff also took to Twitter to express his distaste at that question, saying it was "condescending". 

When asked by co-host Ken Rudulph if being so busy helped Delevingne stay focussed, she answered: "No. I don't know where that comes from."

"It's my passion to do all these things since I was young so it's not too hard. I'm living my dream," she added.

Asked if she related to her Paper Towns character, Delevingne joked: "No, I actually hate her."

When presenter Mark S Allen brought up that Delevingne appeared to have more enthusiasm when discussing the film in London a few weeks ago, Delevingne explained that it was the morning after the New York premiere.

"Maybe I had a bit more energy. It's the morning – don't be mad," she laughed. 

The interview ended in advance of its allotted time when McClary said that Delevingne "seemed a bit irritated – or maybe it's just us".

"No, I think it's just you," she said.

"We'll let you go then, how 'bout that?" the broadcaster replied. "Why don't you go take a little nap, maybe get a Red Bull?"

After Delevingne disappeared from the screen, McClary added: "She was in a mood... Everything sarcastic."

"I thought she was being sarcastic on purpose," said Rudulph. "I thought she was trying to be funny but then she wasn't."

"You make $5 million for six weeks of work, you can pretend to talk to Good Day Sacramento with some 'oomph'!" Allen said.

Paper Towns is in cinemas from August 17. 

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