A reason many (ex-)couples know all too well, Cara Delevingne revealed that she and Ashley Benson split apart due to the pressures of cohabitating during the 2020 pandemic. As the supermodel told Cosmopolitan in June 2021, quarantining “really makes or breaks you,” labeling it “the most trying time” for them. The aftermath wasn’t any better. “[It] made me deal with it more, which was harder,” Delevingne admitted. “Everything is magnified in a pandemic.” The “Carnival Row” star’s remarks align with those of inside sources who spoke to People at the time of their split. “Cara and Ashley always had their ups and down before,” one source said. “Their relationship just ran its course.”
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Some have also speculated that the surrounding media scrutiny didn’t give them any room to breathe. In August 2020, at the height of their relationship rumors, Benson told People Now that she preferred New York to L.A. (where they quarantined) primarily because “in L.A., the paparazzi are really bad, but here I can kind of just walk anywhere and not be bothered.” The “Spring Breakers” star also admitted, though, that “you kind of can’t get away from that if you’re in the public eye.” In September 2019, Delevingne similarly told Elle U.K. of their relationship’s fanfare, “I get why people care so much, and I don’t want to be so secretive. … But I’ve never been in a relationship where things are so public.”
