Cara Delevingne Opens Up About Protecting Her 'Sacred' Relationship With Ashley Benson

Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson have speedily become one of our all-time preference celebrity couples. Between the sweet things the supermodel's mentioned about the Pretty Little Liars alum and the tattoo tributes of Delevingne that Benson has inked on her body, it's clear that their love is very real. And however they prefer to keep their romance as private as possible, Delevingne recently opened up to Elle UK about being in love and protecting their 'sacred' relationship.


"I'm just better whenever I'm in love," model instructed them magazine. "That doesn't have to mean with someone. It might also mean with myself." And right now that she's noticed love within herself and with the actress, Delevingne feels like she and Benson can take on just about anything that comes their way. "It just feels incredible as soon as you're not alone," she added. As soon as you're facing the world with someone else."


It was only recently that Delevingne confirmed their relationship to the public. And yet there was speculation that they were an item long before the model confirmed it herself by means of the Instagram in June, there's actually a reason they chose to keep their romance closesly under wraps. "Because it's sacred," Delevingne mentioned. "I get why people care so much, and I don’t aspire to be so secretive that people think I'm ashamed of anything. Yet I've never been in a relationship where things are so public, or where I posted photographs of someone else."


Now, Delevingne is beginning to feel differently about publicly expressing her love for Benson, admitting that she wants people to know she's delighted of the strong relationship they've built with each other. "This seemed different," she mentioned. "We had received to the point where we had kept it a secret, or at least not wanted attention, and right now I feel like I’m not going to not be proud."


Still, bringing a relationship into the public eye as a celebrity is tricky — especially because unwarranted suggestions are pretty much inevitable. "People make their own assumptions and that's what worried me," Delevingne mentioned. "... Because if it is something that is so good, you don't ever want anyone to ever change it, although people shouldn't have that power."


But Delevingne didn't let other people's criticism of their relationship stop her from gushing over Benson at this year's TrevorLIVE gala. "I also have another very special woman in this room to thank and you also know who you are," she mentioned at the event. "She's one of the people who help me love myself any time Whenever I required it most and I really needed it. She showed me what real love is why as well as how to accept it, which is a lot harder than I thought. I love you, Sprinkles."