'I find her admirable': Author John Green explains why supermodel Cara Delevingne was right to respond the way she did in that 'awkward' interview 

  • Model Cara Delevingne has faced backlash following 'awkward' interview
  • Answered question about if she had read 'Paper Towns' with sarcastic quip
  • Anchors cut short the interview and suggested she 'take a nap'
  • John Green defended her, saying she was not 'haughty' but 'admirable'

By Imogen Calderwood For Mailonline

Published: 06:30 EST, 31 July 2015 | Updated: 16:21 EST, 31 July 2015

Author John Green has defended Cara Delevingne after she caused uproar on social media with an ‘awkward’ interview promoting her new film.

Ms Delevingne stars in the film adaptation of John Green’s latest novel Paper Towns, and was being interviewed as part of the whirlwind publicity tour.

But the 22-year-old was slammed by TV anchors on breakfast show Good Day Sacramento, following the now-infamous interview which aired this month.

After introducing the model-turned-actress as ‘Carla’, the interview went from bad to worse as the interviewers proceeded to ask Cara whether she had read the book.

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Infamous: Supermodel Cara Delevingne during the 'awkward' interview on Good Day Sacramento, in which the anchors introduced her as 'Carla' before asking her whether she had read John Green's Paper Towns

Infamous: Supermodel Cara Delevingne during the 'awkward' interview on Good Day Sacramento, in which the anchors introduced her as 'Carla' before asking her whether she had read John Green's Paper Towns

'Awkward': The model-turned-actress faced criticism following the interview, but she has fought back, tweeting that 'some people just don't understand sarcasm'

'Awkward': The model-turned-actress faced criticism following the interview, but she has fought back, tweeting that 'some people just don't understand sarcasm'

'Uh, no I never read the book, or the script. I kind of winged it,' she quipped, before giving her actual answer to their question.

After the three-minute interview, the anchors accused her of being in a 'bad mood' and suggested she 'take a nap'. 

Indianapolis author John Green has now published an article on blogsite Medium.com, entitled ‘But Did You Read the Book? Cara Delevingne, Press Junketry and Me’.

‘I watched as again and again, she was asked this question,’ he writes.

‘Cara has read the book (multiple times), but the question is annoying – not least because her male co-star, Nat Wolff, was almost always asked when he’d read the book, while Cara was almost always asked if she’d read it.’

He goes on to describe the grueling nature of publicity tours, and how most of the team get through the hundreds of interviews by turning themselves into ‘automatons’ and reverting to a series of scripted answers.

'Condescending': The anchors at Good Morning Sacramento have been criticized for being patronizing when they asked Cara whether she has read the book

'Condescending': The anchors at Good Morning Sacramento have been criticized for being patronizing when they asked Cara whether she has read the book

Whirlwind tour: The team behind the new film, author John Green (left), Cara Delevingne (center) and Nat Wolff (right), undertook a grueling publicity schedule to market the new film

Whirlwind tour: The team behind the new film, author John Green (left), Cara Delevingne (center) and Nat Wolff (right), undertook a grueling publicity schedule to market the new film

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Friends: Author John Green (left) defended Cara (right) following the interview, saying that they were friends, and he did not consider her behavior 'entitled' or 'haughty', but 'admirable'

Friends: Author John Green (left) defended Cara (right) following the interview, saying that they were friends, and he did not consider her behavior 'entitled' or 'haughty', but 'admirable'

‘In the end, rather than fight, I stuck to the script.

‘Cara, however, refuses to stick to the script. She refuses to indulge lazy questions and refuses to turn herself into an automaton to get through long days of junketry.

‘I don’t find that behavior entitled or haughty. I find it admirable. Cara Delevingne doesn’t exist to feed your narrative or your news feed – and that’s precisely why she’s so f***ing interesting.’

He explained his motivation for writing the article, noting: ‘If people are going to pay attention to these junket interviews and criticize Cara for responding flippantly to a stupid question, I think context might be helpful.’

Cara has already fired back at the breakfast show anchors, insisting that she was not ‘in a mood’, as the anchors claimed after the on-air chat.

Stars: (left to right) Kimberly Kloss, Karlie Kloss, John Green, Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff attend the New York premiere of 'Paper Towns' at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on July 21, 2015 in New York City

Stars: (left to right) Kimberly Kloss, Karlie Kloss, John Green, Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff attend the New York premiere of 'Paper Towns' at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on July 21, 2015 in New York City

She tweeted: ‘Some people just don’t understand sarcasm or the British sense of humor.’

Several other celebrities have stepped up to defend Cara, criticizing the anchors for their ‘condescending’ questions.

Actor and director Zach Braff, replied to Cara’s tweet: ‘Or how it’s condescending to ask an actress if she’s read the book.’

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