We can debate, in the coming months, whether Kelly Rohrbach can “act.” But what is not up for debate is the fact that she is a terrible model, right? Rohrbach covers the August issue of British GQ to promote the Baywatch movie, and the GQ photos are terrible. It’s almost as if Kelly never really learned the basics of How To Model. Perhaps that’s because she was only a “model” for about a year before she hooked Leonardo DiCaprio, then she traded in that connection for the part in the Baywatch movie. It’s almost magical how “dating DiCaprio” benefits a model’s career, isn’t it? Anyway, you can see all of the British GQ photos here, and here are some interview highlights:
On breaking into Hollywood: “I googled ‘top ten talent agencies.’ I just picked one, went there and got signed. I was like ‘Hey, I’d like an agent, would you like to be my agent?’ And they were like, ‘That’s not really how this works…but uh, sure.’”
On playing CJ in Baywatch: “I love unlikeable characters. I find them fascinating. The world is uncomfortable with a really-ugly-on-the-inside woman. So uncomfortable. I that that’s funny.”
On handling the press on-set: “I was like ‘God, I just wanna eat a bag of Doritos but there’s paparazzi everywhere, f*** it! It stunk because there was no privacy. My suit was that neoprene scuba gear material so it really rides up. They would use glue and tape it to my bum so it wouldn’t make a wedgie wrinkly. Everyday the paparazzi would shoot the costume designers doing the glue and there would be a picture of somebody with a brush, putting Elmer’s glue on my bum. I’m like, Guys I don’t think this is gonna get a lot of clicks. I am not famous.”
I don’t get “I love unlikeable characters”?? But maybe that’s because I’ve never seen an episode of Baywatch, as I’m just realizing this second. I thought CJ was the star/protagonist/heroine of the show? Is she the “unlikeable” character? I guess so. As for the rest of it… it doesn’t surprise me that Kelly had to be glued into her swimsuit, but it does surprise me that they were using Elmer’s glue. Surely they could have gotten better-quality glue? As for her story about how she got an agent… I wonder if she introduced herself to the agent as “Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend”?
Photos courtesy of British GQ.
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