Julia Fox Explains Why Ex Kanye West Was a ‘Blessing’ for Her Career – Hollywood Life

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Julia Fox revealed the one silver lining that she took from her former relationship with ex-boyfriend Kanye “Ye” West. Whereas talking with Jon Caramanica on The New York Occasions’ “Popcast” on Wednesday, June 5, the Uncut Gems actress, 34, acknowledged that she has “totally wrestled again complete management of [her] picture” after courting the “Stronger” rapper, 46.

“You recognize, it was truly a blessing that he got here into my life,” Julia mentioned, including, “as a result of he sort of shook up my crew in a means the place quite a lot of the inventive management was then given again to me. Whereas I really feel like for a few years there, I’d nonetheless really feel this strain to faux to be this Hollywood starlet that I, like, wasn’t.”

The mannequin recalled arguing along with her crew about her public picture, noting that she’d “be actually upset” when she wasn’t heard.

“I’d get into fights about it and be actually upset about it, however then finally all the time concede and simply do what they wished me to do as a result of it was simpler than arguing,” Julia continued. “So then after that, [Ye] got here in and was like, ‘Wait a minute, no, f**okay that, I’m gonna do what I wanna do.’”

Since Ye and Julia’s relationship didn’t go the gap, she revealed what occurred as soon as they broke up.

“However then when he left, it was like, ‘Nicely, I’m gonna do what I wanna do,’ you already know?” Julia added. “I sort of felt like, ‘Oh my god, the world is my oyster.’ I’m my very own muse.”

Though Ye helped open up extra doorways for her, Julia acknowledged the web banter over the eye she was receiving, attributing it to her previous romance with the Grammy winner.

“After which I began to listen to this complete factor. ‘She’s solely killing it in trend as a result of it’s Kanye, it’s Kanye,’” Julia identified. “And I used to be like, ‘No, these are my appears, and I’m placing them collectively.’ So, I felt like that was what I wanted to push towards, and show that I’m doing this, and I wasn’t doing it earlier than as a result of my crew simply wished me to look fundamental.”

Julia and Ye briefly dated in 2022. The next yr, she opened up about their short-term relationship in her memoir, Down the Drain.