Julia Fox opens up about relationship with Kanye West: ‘His phrases persist with me’

Julia Fox has mirrored on her transient relationship with Kanye West, with the mannequin revealing how he requested her out and claiming that he managed what she wore.

The actor, 33, mentioned how she first met the rapper – who she dated for 2 months in 2022 –  in her new memoir, Down the Drain, printed on 10 October. Within the memoir, she wrote that she and West, who she solely described as “the artist,” obtained one another’s numbers by mutual pals, earlier than having lengthy conversations on the cellphone.

In response to Fox, they then met in individual on New 12 months’s Eve in 2021 and had dinner collectively the following day, which is when he requested her to make the connection official.

“‘Would you need to be my girlfriend?’ He added: ‘How would you’re feeling about taking the connection public?’” the Uncut Gems star recalled within the ebook. She wrote that, whereas she initially turned West’s request down, the musician then mentioned one thing that in the end modified her thoughts.

“‘In case you’re nervous about me embarrassing you, I wouldn’t do this. You may have a son, and my mother was a single mother,’” she recalled West telling her, referring to her two-year-old son, Valentino, who she shares with ex-husband Peter Artemiev.

Within the memoir, Fox continued to open up in regards to the relationship, with the actor claiming that her ex had despatched a wide range of garments to her room after they first met. Nevertheless, regardless of the quantity of garments, she mentioned they have been all variations of the identical skintight, black jumpsuit. She claimed that, by their second date, West instructed her that he wished to offer her a styling staff to assist her together with her wardrobe.

In response to Fox, on her third date with the rapper, she met her stylist within the lavatory of a restaurant, earlier than being supplied completely different outfits to put on. Fox recalled that, after West employed the stylist, she puzzled why he hadn’t simply instructed her that he didn’t like her preliminary outfit on the date. She additionally expressed that she felt like “a present monkey” when the stylist gave her the garments.

Fox added that, as soon as she tried on a wide range of items by notable designers for West, he allegedly instructed her: “I might get you a boob job if you need.” Though she wrote that she turned down the rapper’s supply, his remark nonetheless damage her.

“His phrases persist with me like a bit of lint on my garments. I can’t shake off the uncomfortable feeling,” she wrote.

Whereas she solely referred to West as “the artist”, Fox beforehand famous that he’d be featured in her memoir. Throughout an interview with The Los Angeles Instances earlier this month, she confirmed she touched on the connection in Down the Drain, however mentioned that it was solely “frivolously”.

“I’m not signing a f***ing NDA simply on precept. I by no means have, and I by no means will,” she mentioned. “Until it’s an expert alternative, then positive.”

She additionally mirrored on the transient romance itself, noting that she first considered the connection with West as one which had potential and “might be one thing actual”.

“I actually understood him on a visceral stage,” Fox mentioned, including that she “thought in the end I’d be serving to a precarious state of affairs” when it got here to his dynamic along with his ex, Kim Kardashian. “However I realized in a short time that I used to be being weaponised,” she continued. “I simply felt like his little puppet.”

Fox additionally spoke to Rolling Stone about her time with West, saying the “weaponising” facet is “why the connection solely lasted a month”.

“It actually wasn’t that massive of a deal, however different individuals made it such a giant deal,” she mentioned of their time collectively, earlier than including that she suspects she’s been blacklisted at instances for the reason that finish of the connection. “I do know for a truth I’ve been up for sure issues and couldn’t do it due to relationship Kanye. It’s type of wild.

For the reason that breakup, the PVT Chat star has spoken candidly about why she and West didn’t work collectively. Throughout an interview with ES Journal in September 2022, she mentioned that whereas there was a “good quantity” of chemistry between the 2 of them, their relationship “wasn’t sustainable”.

“I used to be simply going daily and seeing the place it went,” she defined. “It was identical to, he nonetheless needs to hang around with me at present, let’s do it. After which actual life set in and the life-style wasn’t sustainable.”

“I couldn’t fly away as soon as every week. And I tapped out on the first signal of a pink flag,” she mentioned, including that she was “proud” of her resolution. When requested what that pink flag was, Fox responded: “The unresolved points that he was coping with.”

She additionally claimed that it appeared like West “had quite a bit to work on” whereas they have been collectively, and he or she simply didn’t “have time for it, or power”.

“I don’t have the bandwidth or emotional capability for it. I’m pleased with myself for that. Pre-Valentino Julia would have positively caught it out and been there for longer,” Fox added.