Cara Delevingne reveals she had seizure at 2022 Burning Man before worrying airport pics

Model-turned-actress-turned-singer Cara Delevingne has revealed she had a seizure at Burning Man in 2022 after trying to stop using drugs GHB and cocaine.

The “proud lesbian” said that seeing concerning photos of herself at the airport after the festival prompted her to get clean, explaining they were taken “right after [she’d] had a seizure at Burning Man”.

Speaking to Alex Cooper on her Call Her Daddy podcast, the 33-year-old explained she was taking drugs daily – GHB to “effectively knock yourself out”, cocaine to wake her up.

She had planned to get sober after her 30th birthday celebrations after using drugs for years, believing she could just stop on her own. Unfortunately, that wasn’t what happened.

Delevingne, who is dating British singer-songwriter Minke, said: “I didn’t know how addictive that stuff was. I just thought I took it every day.

“I didn’t know that you really had to like medically detox from it. And I started having seizures and that’s literally, [the 2022] photos were taken right after I’d had a seizure at Burning Man.”

Fans were left concerned by the photos, published in September 2022, which showed the Carnival Row actress without shoes and looking a bit dishevelled.

Delevingne said: “I mean, I realised it was bad, but oh, it was horrible. The shame, oh, the shame was really bad.

“Again, that was that part of myself that I hated, and I was hiding from everyone. So for everyone to see it, it was like, f***, the jig’s up.”

The star is now sober, and launching a music career.

Cara Delevingne’s history with drugs

Cara Delevingne explained that she started using drugs due to childhood trauma, dealing with her mum’s illness and mental health struggles.

“It was that seeking connection,” she said. “And I felt like I found myself, you know? I was fun. And I loved music. And I loved dancing. And I was like, ‘Oh, this is something I really like. This is really cool.'”

She continued: “It was at a pretty young age I started – because I didn’t have money at that point – I started buying drugs to sell them and to do them.”

Eventually, Delevingne would use drugs when she was on her own, which she now realises was a red flag.

She said: “I knew it was bad when I started doing them alone and how much I liked that and how much I knew that people weren’t judging me.

“And I didn’t judge myself for it. And I could disappear. And that… I knew it was a problem.”

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