Cara Delevingne has claimed there was 'no safety' and a 'sexual misconduct vibe' during her modelling days

Cara Delevingne has claimed there was "no safety" and a "sexual misconduct vibe" during her modelling days.

The 33-year-old star - who has been sober for four years after battling addiction and mental health issues - relates to people who are critical of celebrities who struggle with life in the spotlight because they have "chosen" their own paths because she felt the same way about her own problems, but she now wishes she had been easier on herself as she began her career at a "rough time" for the industry.

She told the Sunday Times Culture magazine: ""The comment tends to be, ‘Get over it, you chose this life.'

“But then I agree with them because I did not sympathise with myself. I felt, ‘Oh grow up, get over it. You’re so lucky.’ I had the same mentality as other people and so I didn’t blame them for thinking that.

"I wasn’t allowing myself to feel pain, anger or used — because I felt I had put myself there. I chose that life.

“I was modelling at a rough time. There was no safety then, apart from with other girls. It was before MeToo, with this sexual misconduct vibe of straight older photographers, and that is why I am sad, because I still have a chip on my shoulder from all that.

“And so, no — I would not say, ‘Advocate for more sympathy for celebrities!’ We just need to have sympathy for ourselves and others more in general, because we are brutal about everything.”