Jacob Elordi has nothing but praise and admiration for his ex-girlfriend, Kaia Gerber.
In a new interview for Men’s Health, the 24-year-old actor spoke highly of his former flame, sharing what he learned from her. He revealed:
“[Kaia] handles herself wonderfully publicly, and I’ve learned so much from her about how to handle it, how to deal with it and just kind of be whatever about it, you know?”
Jacob dated the 20-year-old model for about a year. News of their split broke last month.
In the interview, he also opened up about how all the attention on his body due to his being an actor and the roles he takes on has made him feel:
“You learn quickly that what people take away from those movies is your stature and your figure. You have all sorts of aged people around the world only talking about what you look like.
It’s a slippery slope to put all your value into the vanity of what your body looks like. Your body is going to deteriorate.”
He went on to state that objectification in the media for men is not something that’s talked about as much:
“I don’t think it’s really a conversation that people have in regards to men. It doesn’t keep me up at night, but it’s definitely frustrating.
You’ll go to a shoot and you’ll be getting changed or something, and someone’s like, ‘Oooaaah, would you look?’ Can you imagine If I said to a woman, ‘Daaaaamn, look at your waist!’? Like, see you later.
I would never do that, but I think people see it on their screens, so they think it’s okay.”
Jacob shared that even with all the struggles of fame, he is very, very grateful:
“Some people work for decades trying to crack it, so I’m definitely aware, definitely gracious, for the luck that I’ve had.
I just want to be a part of the world. I want to have a life. I want to have the same 80-, 85-year-more or less — experience that everyone has. I don’t want to miss anything by sitting on some overly sour pile of candy.”
