Remember that creepy AF Vanity Fair profile of Margot Robbie? The one where writer Rich Cohen uses words like “second-semester freshman,” “too fresh to be pegged,” “simple” and “tall but only with the help of certain shoes” to describe the talented actress? Yeah, nobody was happy about that—and Robbie didn’t take too well to it, either.
In an interview on Australian show The Project, Robbie recalls, “That one was an odd one, a really odd interview, I don’t know how that’s going to come out.” Knowing now how it did turn out, she says, “Yeah, the tone of this is really weird, I don’t really know what he’s trying to get at or play at.” She added that she wasn’t expecting any sort of controversy over the piece, however—and the reason why is so unfortunate.
“But I’ve read far more offensive, far more sexist, insulting, derogatory, disgusting things on a daily basis,” she says. “Maybe I’m desensitized to it now.”
Fortunately, she—and the rest of the world!—have empowered fans who won’t let the bullshit slide. As for the lesson we can all take away from this? “Don’t you mess with the Aussies!” she says.