--- description: "I don’t feel like I need to apologize for being human.” title: See Cara Delevinge's Response to John Green's Essay Defending Her image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Cara Delevinge's Response to John Green's Essay Defending Her by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2015 4:03 PM CUT by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 31, 2015 4:03 PM CUT John Green wrote a [passionate defense of Cara Delevingne](https://medium.com/@johngreen/but-did-you-read-the-book-2e2dad0ebab1 "undefined") on Thursday, and while Delevingne didn’t initially realize the strong words were written by the _Paper Towns_ author, she appreciated the support nonetheless. “Whoever said this! Thank you so much!” Delevingne wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of a section of Green’s text. > [](https://twitter.com/Caradelevingne/status/626854510640635904) Green was quick to respond to Delevingne. > [](https://twitter.com/johngreen/status/626855538840748032) It’s been a busy week for Delevingne, who took part in an interview with _Good Day Sacramento_ that went viral because of its awkwardness. The morning show hosts called Delevingne “Carla” and asked if she had read _Paper Towns_ before starring in its film adaptation. Delevinge was later [criticized for her actions](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cara-delevingne-defends-herself-awkward-interview%5F55b93702e4b0224d883510ac "undefined") in the interview by hosts on _The View_. “I am soooooo lucky and anyone who thinks I am unappreciative or ungrateful clearly doesn’t know me,” Delevingne wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “I work really really hard and love what I do, I don’t feel like I need to apologize for being human.” > [](https://twitter.com/Caradelevingne/status/626854832167587840) > [](https://twitter.com/Caradelevingne/status/626855160292184064) _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/30/cara-delevingne-john-green-tweet "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") _Read next:_ [_Cara Delevingne Sparks_ ](http://time.com/3969255/cara-delevingne-sparks-paper-towns/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined")[Paper Towns](http://time.com/3969255/cara-delevingne-sparks-paper-towns/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3980292/cara-delevingne-john-green-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3980292/cara-delevingne-john-green-twitter/"},"headline":"See Cara Delevinge's Response to John Green's Essay Defending Her","datePublished":"2015-07-31T16:03:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:52.448Z","description":"\"I don’t feel like I need to apologize for being human.”","url":"https://time.com/3980292/cara-delevingne-john-green-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","twitter","celebrity","john green","Cara Delevingne","paper towns"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3980292/cara-delevingne-john-green-twitter/","name":"See Cara Delevinge's Response to John Green's Essay Defending Her"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Paper Towns | Official Trailer 2","description":"Paper Towns | Official Trailer 2","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NiuhEf2I/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-03T14:21:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NiuhEf2I.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3980292/cara-delevingne-john-green-twitter/","duration":"PT2M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3980292/cara-delevingne-john-green-twitter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```