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

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 “absolutely wrestled again complete management of [her] picture” after relationship the “Stronger” rapper, 46.

“You understand, it was truly a blessing that he got here into my life,” Julia stated, including, “as a result of he form of shook up my group in a manner the place lots 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 stress to fake to be this Hollywood starlet that I, like, wasn’t.”

The mannequin recalled arguing together with her group 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 in the end 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, ‘Effectively, I’m gonna do what I wanna do,’ you understand?” Julia added. “I form 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 vogue as a result of it’s Kanye, it’s Kanye,’” Julia identified. “And I used to be like, ‘No, these are my seems, and I’m placing them collectively.’ So, I felt like that was what I wanted to push in opposition to, and show that I’m doing this, and I wasn’t doing it earlier than as a result of my group simply wished me to look primary.”

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