Cara Delevingne talks social media, mental health and wanting kids as she posts first 'SpaceSelfie'

Record ID: 1438272

  • Title: Cara Delevingne talks social media, mental health and wanting kids as she posts first 'SpaceSelfie'
  • Date: 23rd October 2019
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 23, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF DELEVINGNE TAKING SELFIE AT LAUNCH PARTY SELFIE STATION FEATURING SPACE CRAFT AND MIRROR VARIOUS OF DELEVINGNE POSING FOR PHOTOS ON TOP OF PICTURE OF SPACECRAFT WOMAN TAKING PHOTO OF DELEVINGNE WITH MOBILE PHONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MODEL AND ACTRESS, CARA DELEVINGNE, SAYING: "A hundred percent. I would love to go to space. Please can I go to space Samsung, please? I would love that. That's what I kind of thought it was originally. Still. Either way. This is the first step, I feel." DELEVINGNE ARRIVING FOR LAUNCH PARTY AND POSING FOR PHOTOS VARIOUS OF DELEVINGNE POSING FOR PHOTOS AND LEAVING (SOUNDBITE) (English) MODEL AND ACTRESS, CARA DELEVINGNE, SAYING: "Definitely not Mars, it's too far. I don't want to go on a long trip. I don't want to spend the rest of my life up in space. But I would like to go on like a little holiday with my girlfriend and my dog to the moon. It would be great. Bring back some cheese. I wish, that the moon was made out of cheese." DELEVINGNE POSING FOR SELFIE AS SHE ARRIVES AT LAUNCH PARTY (SOUNDBITE) (English) MODEL AND ACTRESS, CARA DELEVINGNE, SAYING: "I feel like I'm going to get my arm stuck in this angle, at some point, you know, locked or something. But I mean, I do also appreciate a non-flattering selfie. I mean, this (DEMONSTRATES DOUBLE CHIN), this is always a good one. I really do, yeah." DELEVINGNE POSING FOR PHOTOS / PHOTOGRAPHERS DELEVINGNE POSING FOR PHOTOS AND DANCING (SOUNDBITE) (English) MODEL AND ACTRESS, CARA DELEVINGNE, ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE, SAYING: "It's very sweet. It's very flattering. I never really expected any of my life to turn out the way it has. But I feel responsible to be myself as much as possible and to not be perfect and to not project an image of myself that isn't true or real. You know, I used to post a lot more. I kind of do a lot less now because I'm a bit more private. But yeah, because I think it's the most important thing to talk about your struggles and what gets you to where you are. But it's just really sweet, you know, I have a great connection with my fans. I love them." DELEVINGNE SPEAKING WITH SAMSUNG REPRESENTATIVE AND LOOKING AT TV SCREEN DELEVINGNE SPEAKING WITH SAMSUNG REPRESENTATIVE DELEVINGNE SPEAKING / DETAIL OF DELEVINGNE'S SPARKLING FENDI DRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MODEL AND ACTRESS, CARA DELEVINGNE, ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SINGER SELENA GOMEZ SAYING SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN "TERRIBLE" FOR HER GENERATION, SAYING: "I think if people struggle with it that much you shouldn't use it. Like, I'm not saying for her not to, it's really, you have to set your boundaries because the thing is yes, I definitely spent a lot more time on social media than I do now and I used to be a lot more anxious, like, it makes sense. But also, if you know you're feeling down or bad about yourself don't go on social media. It is a bad idea. It should be something you enjoy and you have fun and you check on your friends. It shouldn't be something you kind of go through and it becomes this weapon against yourself. You know, there is a time and a place but people have to monitor themselves. Otherwise, no one is going to do it for you." VARIOUS OF DELEVINGNE TESTING SAMSUNG CAR PROTOTYPE DELEVINGNE PRESSING BUTTONS ON SCREEN OF SAMSUNG CAR PROTOTYPE DELEVINGNE AT WHEEL OF SAMSUNG CAR PROTOTYPE PHOTO OF DELEVINGNE BEING TAKEN ON MOBILE PHONE (SOUNDBITE) (English) MODEL AND ACTRESS, CARA DELEVINGNE, SAYING: "I mean just because I think everything I'm focusing on, you know, I have a foundation and I think what is the most important and what we need to work on the most is now the number one priority, it's the environment. There's going to be nothing left to work for or with if we haven't got that. Of course I'm a hypocrite, because I'm probably, not one of the worst people about energy or the environment but it's very important because I want to have kids and I want them to have a future and Extinction Rebellion, I think there needs to be more peaceful protesting about the environment. Policies need to change, governments need to step up and do something. Otherwise we won't have this beautiful planet." DELEVINGNE AT LAUNCH PARTY GREETING GUESTS AND DRINKING CHAMPAGNE ITALIAN RAPPER, SINGER AND SONGWRITER FEDEZ AT LAUNCH PARTY GUESTS AT LAUNCH PARTY VARIOUS OF GUEST STANDING ON PODIUM AND POSING FOR PHOTOS GUESTS TAKING PHOTOS WITH MOBILE PHONES GROUP OF FEMALE GUESTS POSING FOR GROUP PHOTO MAN TAKING PHOTO WITH MOBILE PHONE THREE WOMEN TAKING SELFIE WITH TEXT ON SCREEN IN BACKGROUND READING (English) "GET YOUR FACE IN SPACE"
  • Embargoed: 6th November 2019 23:07
  • Keywords: Cara Delevingne Spaceselfie Samsung campaign Extinction Rebellion social media Fedez
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Celebrities,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA002B2BGZTN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Model and actress Cara Delevingne on Wednesday (October 23) shared what she said was the first "SpaceSelfie" - a mobile phone photo taken by the celebrity and sent to space to be combined with a real-time view of earth.
    The photo marked the launch of a new campaign by South Korean tech giant Samsung which allows selfie fans to follow in Delevingne's steps and create their own "SpaceSelfie".
    The campaign was inspired by the famous selfie taken by television host Ellen DeGeneres with a Samsung phone at the 2014 Academy Awards, where she posed with a large group of A-list stars, the company said in a press release. To up their game, they decided to launch their new mobile phone model to space.
    "The Ground Control Application sends the selfie to the S10 in space where it is displayed on the S10. The S10 is then telling the camera to take a photo, to create the space selfie, before it is sent back to earth and to the user," explained Sara-Lee Rost, who was involved in creating the project.
    Attending a launch party in London on Wednesday, Delevingne re-created DeGeneres's selfie with the event's guests and sent it to space.
    She said she had initially thought the smartphone maker wanted to send her to space.
    "I would love to go to space. Please can I go to space Samsung, please? I would love that. That's what I kind of thought it was originally. Still. Either way. This is the first step, I feel," she said, adding that she would like to take her girlfriend and dog on a holiday to the moon.
    Delevingne is an avid Instagrammer but the "Carnival Row" and "Suicide Squad" star, who has 43,6 million followers on the platform, said she had reduced her social media posts of late after becoming "more private".
    She said increased social media use had made her feel more anxious and urged others to set boundaries and monitor themselves.
    "I definitely spent a lot more time on social media than I do now and I used to be a lot more anxious, like, it makes sense. But also, if you know you're feeling down or bad about yourself don't go on social media. It is a bad idea. It should be something you enjoy and you have fun and you check on your friends. It shouldn't be something you kind of go through and it becomes this weapon against yourself. You know, there is a time and a place but people have to monitor themselves," she said.
    The actress and model, however, recently took to social media daily to post about the Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
    "Of course I'm a hypocrite, because I'm probably, not one of the worst people about energy or the environment but it's very important because I want to have kids and I want them to have a future and Extinction Rebellion, I think there needs to be more peaceful protesting about the environment. Policies need to change, governments need to step up and do something. Otherwise we won't have this beautiful planet," she explained.
    The space selfies are created from photos mobile phone users upload on a website. According to Samsung a random selection of the uploaded photos are then sent to the mobile phone in space and captured with the view of planet earth as the backdrop. The superimposed photo is then sent back to earth to its owner.
    (Production: Will Russell, Hanna Rantala)
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