Kate Moss has been busted for a while now, but she continues to get quite a bit of work, and she’s still considered one of the gold-standard supermodels in the world today. Part of the reason for this is that Kate is a genius at being elusive. Yes, we see her photos everywhere. But she’s never overexposed. She’s not pap’d every single day. When she gets into legal or PR problems, she disappears for a while. She surrounds herself with loyal people who don’t gossip about her (that much). She also rarely gives interviews or speaks to journalists at all. Which makes it a banner occasion when you actually get your hands on authentic, verifiable Kate Moss quotes. Mark this day on your calenders, ladies and gentlemen: Kate Moss speaks! And her ideas and opinions are not exactly ground-breaking or anything, but she comes across as rather cute. Not cutesy, but she seems like she would be fun to hang around. Especially if you like cocaine, I would imagine.
Kate’s new interview appears in The Telegraph. Kate gave “20 minutes” (it sounds more like 5 minutes) to a handful of journalists on the occasion of her latest modeling gig for Mango. She was shooting a commercial for the brand, and she took some time out to talk about how much she loves jam (the Telegraph interviewer brought her jam, which she loved), how she watched the royal wedding, and what “icon” means to her. The full Telegraph piece is here, and here are some highlights:
Kate on jam: “Jam! I love my jam. I’ve just had a batch of it come through, I’ve been making it.”
Kate on her Mango gig: “I’m doing a commercial for Mango with Terry Richardson,” Kate explains. Is she wearing Mango? “Yeah”. Did she choose the clothes she wears in the commercial? “Yeah”.
Does she think she’s an icon? “No! Liz Taylor’s an icon. I’m just normal.” What goals hasn’t she achieved? “Well I wasn’t in [George Michael’s] Freedom video… I just missed it. That would have been amazing.”
Kate on Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge: “Oh I love her! She was so chic and seamless . And just beautiful, it was just as a royal wedding should be.” Where did she watch it? “In the country, with loads of friends and kids who were all crying. There were tears. We were like “ok, you can marry Harry!” Might she one day be Prince Harry’s mother-in-law then? “Nah! No!”
On the possibility of being made a “Dame” by the Queen: “Ha ha. Can you imagine? I’m too young to be made a Dame. A Dame’s for old women. Like Margaret Thatcher.” I say she’s a Baroness. “I’d prefer to be a baroness. I’d quite like to be Lady Kate. But I’m happy just as I am.”
Kate on her favorite body part: “My mouth, I think that’s what other people would say.”
[From The Telegraph]
See? She seems rather nice. I like that she didn’t go the standard route of seemingly every “high fashion” person in the industry and bash Kate Middleton. She just sounded like a cool English chick who watched the wedding with her kid and some friends. Kate Moss: one of us!
Also: I love that she gets to excited about jam. That makes her kind of awesome. The only thing that would be even more awesome is if she was a huge fan of crumpets or biscuits.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Ah, cute! I hate jam though, I’ve hated it since I was an infant-toddler thingy ( I swear, the first things I remember happened when I was 1,5 or 2 years old or something, including my dad trying to feed me jam). I can now somewhat eat it, but I’ll always have an aversion to it.
Love Kate Moss
love kate Moss! kaiser, please please please do an article on Goopy. she reportedly recommended fans get a new wardrobe that cost $18,000.
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Stop, darling! You’re making me laugh too hard. And I was trying to have a Goop-free day but you reeled me back in! Love it.
That was one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time. Kate Moss finally speaks!
“I love jam!”
Are you wearing Mango? “Yeah”.
“A Dame’s for old women. Like Margaret Thatcher.”
Thank you Kate. Thank you.
She doesn’t appear to be such a coke head anymore. Her body actually looks quite amazing. She is a little fuller in the hips and thighs, but it looks so nice on her. I hope she is not doing that junk because it does sound like she has quite an amazing life. I loved the shout out to George Michael, too. Freedom is very often in my workout rotation mix. I never thought about the video as being historical but I guess from her perspective it probably is. It is definately damn sexy.
yes she is a modeling Icon and Liz is an acting & Philanthropic Icon two totally different things. there are some film Icons of Liz’s era till alive Eva Marie Saint Joanne Woodward Vanessa Redgrave & Jane Fonda amongst them. infact it was Woodward that beat Taylor out of her first Oscar nomination on 26th March 1958. between the 4 of them theres 23 oscar nominations from 1955-1993 correct 18 best actress & 5 Best Supporting Actress and between them there 6 wins Taylor & Fonda Have 2 a piece and Saint & Woodward each have one correct the 6 wins are March 30th 1955 best supporting actress March 26th 1958 best actress April 17th 1961 best actress April 10th 1967 best actress April 10th 1972 best actress April 3rd 1978 best supporting actress April 9th 1979 best actress the films were On The Waterfront Raintree County Three Faces Of Eve Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Suddenly Last Summer Butterfiled 8 Morgan A Suitable Case For Treatment Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Wolfe Isadora Rachel Rachel They Shoot Horses Don’t They Mary Queen Of Scots Klute Summer Wishes Winter Dreams Julia {for both Fonda & Redgrave} Coming Home The China Syndrome On Golden Pond The Bostonians The Morning After Mr & Mrs Bridge & Howrds End. and three of those are Merchant Ivory Productions
Ugh, a commercial with Terry Richardson. Why that man is still being employed is beyond me.
“A few days later, Jamie Peck reported that, at a photo shoot when she asked to keep her underwear on because she was menstruating, Richardson asked if he could make “tampon tea,” requested that she call him “Uncle Terry,” stripped naked without warning, and told her she earn an A if she could make him ejaculate from a hand job. She did, and Richardson’s assistant was there to give her a towel.”
http://thefashpack.onsugar.com/More-Models-Voicing-Abuse-Allegations-Against-Terry-Richardson-7830356
Cocaine Jam
Love her so much!! She is the only true fashion icon today. The others are just impostors!
She is so smart with the press. Famehos take note, this is how a pro does it.
She´s so busted… and her mouth is horrid!
I love that outfit in the first photo. Slick as.
mmmmm….jam. i like to make turnovers with fig jam and chocolate.
I think you should write more about Kate. =)
She is nice, and of course my favourite model besides Naomi
Kaiser,
I think that Mizz Moss is a fan of biscuits, but maybe not the baked good kind….
Kate and Naomi Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love her
she needs to stay quiet…
What’s that about being Harry’s mother-in-law??
I’ve always been a fan of this very cool girl
what’s wrong with her face?
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