Julia Fox has said she was ‘used as a pawn’ by Kanye West during their relationship as she shared her regret over their short-lived romance.
The actress, 34, began a highly publicised fling with the rapper, 47, in January 2022, following his split from Kim Kardashian, which she says put her in the ‘most uncomfortable position of her life.’
Having moved at warp speed into a full-blown relationship after meeting on New Years Eve, she split from Kanye just one month later.
Speaking in an interview for The Times’ Weekend Magazine, Julia revealed he went public with their romance behind her back.
‘I regret that relationship so much. I hate it! It was only a few weeks but enough to last me a lifetime,’ the model revealed.
She continued: ‘I was in probably the most uncomfortable position in my life and that’s saying a lot. I don’t want to be known for being anyone’s girlfriend.
‘It wasn’t my idea for it to go public. If anything, I was like, ‘We should wait,’ and then boom, it was done behind my back. I realised pretty quickly I was being used as a pawn.’
Julia added Kanye asked her to sign an NDA, saying that they couldn’t be friends if she didn’t, refusing to sign she replied, ‘I’ll live.’
Kanye went on the date Bianca Censori, whom he married in December 2022, before splitting this month.
This week, the rapper’s representative denied allegations made in a lawsuit that he hired a ‘fixer’ to follow his wife Bianca and investigate the Kardashian family.
In the lawsuit filed on Thursday, a former employee of Kanye— who recently refuted he had split from Censori, 29 – claims West instructed him to hire private investigators to ‘tail’ Censori while she was abroad, along with making other allegedly illegal requests.
‘Many of the details in his complaint are simply fantastical and false,’ Kanye’s representative told Page Six on Friday.
The rep further stated that the lawsuit—which also accuses West of abusing nitrous oxide—is ‘designed to cause embarrassment and/or capitalise on perceived problems in Ye’s marriage.’
According to the lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone, John Doe’s duties allegedly included mitigating West’s risks and preventing bad press, involving investigations and managing nondisclosure agreements (NDAs).
He also claims that his investigations targeted Censori and the Kardashian family, including West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, with private investigators allegedly following Censori on West’s orders.
The 22 page lawsuit filed in LA reads: ‘A particularly notable task by Ye was to have Doe hire private investigators to follow and ‘tail’ his wife, Bianca Censori, when she was traveling alone to visit family in Australia, without Ms. Censori’s knowledge.’
In May Doe cites West began exhibiting ‘erratic behavior’ including spending $850,000 on a set of titanium teeth and sacking a ‘large majority of the Yeezy leadership – including former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos – who has also accused West of being hooked on nitrous oxide.
The alleged behavior came at a time when West was claimed to be consuming nitrous oxide – which Doe believes ‘played a role in West’s decision-making at the time.’
Doe’s attorney Ronald Zambrano told the publication: ‘My client believes there is a direct correlation between the nitrous oxide and the increase in paranoia and siege mentality that ended up happening in that timeframe that Doe worked for West.
‘There were internal concerns about the amount of nitrous oxide that was being delivered to his house.’
The lawsuit claims Doe’s employment ended in mid-May when he got a call from a Donda Academy teacher ‘regarding safety concerns they had about some of the students.’
Doe says he informed Yeezy leadership about the call and ‘almost immediately’ West allegedly ‘called Doe to yell, curse and threaten Doe with great bodily injury, including death, if Doe repeated what Doe learned from the Donda employee.’
West allegedly told Doe he was ‘f*****g dead to [him]’ and played a recording of ‘scary voices that were threatening to harm’ Doe – per the suit.
Doe claims in the following days West’s ‘enforcers’ began to threaten him, triggering his PTSD from past military experience.
The lawsuit claims: ‘[Doe] experienced panic attacks, anxiety, and severe emotional distress, which caused him to seek medical treatment and was placed in a facility to address his declining mental health.’
Doe is suing West for emotional distress, retaliation and several violations of California labor codes.
The plaintiff is seeking restitution of unpaid wages, attorneys’ fees, and general and punitive damages to be determined at trial.
