Cate Blanchett feels judged by the ‘mummy mafia’ for being a working mum
Cate Blanchett covers the new issue of Porter Magazine (it’s #6 for those of you who care). I’ve been DYING to see some Blanchett. I’m been missing her so much. I got spoiled last year, seeing her at so many events while she supported what turned out to be her Oscar-winning turn in Blue Jasmine. But since the Oscars, Cate went back underground. We’ve barely seen her in months! So, yes, let’s end our year with some Blanchett Love. As for the Porter photoshoot… it’s not great. I need to see more of her face! And that rose petal photo just looks weird. Some highlights from the interview:
She feels judged by the ‘mummy mafia’ in Sydney: “You know there’s an extra judgment. You know they’re really observing how you parent. They don’t know that you cram everything in to make space for your kids like any working parent. Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company. They assume you have a nanny and a driver and a chef. Who gives a sh-t whether I do or not? The fact is I don’t, but you know there is a certain circle of people – and we all get insecure – who then ask, ‘Why can’t she brush her hair?’ You just have to shrug that off.”
But she’s not a big tabloid target: “We’re really boring. We’ve got three kids; I’m not married to an actor. No one’s interested in us, and that’s part of the reason why we live here — because nobody gives a s–t.”
On Emma Watson’s UN speech about feminism: “I was so f–king proud of Emma Watson’s speech at the UN. It was brilliant, such an incredible use of her airspace, and really passionate. It was fantastic.”
On the hacking of private photos: “It’s horrendous. But there’s hope. There are a lot of things happening in an international sphere, and there are enough women with enough clout to make those shifts happen. Enough is enough. And I hope the Emma Watsons of this world are going to say, ‘F—k it.’”
Social media: “I’m really fascinated by what we accept and what we ignore and how we process the white noise being shoveled down our throats. It used to be you’d go to the hairdressers and pick up those evil magazines and feel dirty. It’s like watching too much p0rn, I guess.”
[From Porter via The Daily Mail]
Wow, Cate cursed up a storm in this interview. Even though she’s the picture of untouchable elegance on the red carpet, I’ve always sort of imagined that Cate is a fun person to be around. Like, she probably enjoys a good steak and a beer and she loves talking sh-t about people. I would assume that the Mummy Mafia of Sydney isn’t so much “judging” Cate as worshipping her from a distance. Like, if I saw Cate with unkempt hair and dirty jeans, I would just assume that look was going to be HUGE in the coming months.
Oh, and Cate plays the evil stepmother in the new live-action Cinderella. This movie looks like such a mess, but Cate as the evil stepmother? Funny.
Photos courtesy of PORTER Magazine.
