John Green and 'The View’ host Raven-Symone defends ‘Paper Towns’ star Cara Delevingne
Novelist John Green and “The View” host Raven-Symone has defended “Paper Towns” star Cara Delevingne after her controversial interview with “Good Day Sacramento”, where anchors Mark Allen, Kenneth Rudolph and Marianne McClary incorrectly referred to Delevingne as Carla and asked the star why she seemed unenthusiastic about the interview.
McClary even said that they would cut the interview short so Delevingne could take a nap and drink some Red Bull as she looked tired.
In response to the critics blasting Delevingne, Green has written an essay published on Medium, in which he discussed the time he spent with Delevingne on the press tour. The author confirmed that the “Paper Towns” actress has read the book multiple times - a direct response to the question the "Good Day Sacramento" anchors had about whether the actress had ever read the book before filming the on-screen adaptation.
In his essay, Green pointed out that the question about whether Delevingne has read “Paper Towns” is “annoying”, explaining that Delevingne’s male co-star Nat Wolff, was “almost always asked when he’d read the book” while she was “almost always asked if she’d read it.”
On Delevingne appearing exhausted on “Good Morning Sacramento,” Green explained that a press tour can be exhausting and it is normal for enthusiasm to decrease with multiple interviews. He also revealed that the “Paper Towns” actress refuses to follow the script, to pander to lazy questions and “turn herself into an automaton to get through long days of junketry.”
For Green, Delevingne’s behaviour is admirable and neither entitled nor haughty. He emphasised that Delevingne does not exist to feed people’s narrative or news feed, which is precisely why she is very interesting.
Also apparent on Delevingne’s side is “Empire” actress Raven-Symone. On an episode of “The View,” she was the first panellist to comment on the controversial “Good Day Sacramento” interview, praising the “Paper Towns” star for not allowing the anchors to get off asking trivial questions and getting her name wrong.
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