Actress and socialite Poppy Delevingne has suggested that the “stigma” of becoming a divorcee was the reason her marriage to businessman James Cook did not end sooner. The 38-year-old, who is the sister of Cara Delevingne, tied the knot with Mr Cook at St Paul’s Church in Kensington, London, in a 2014 ceremony with a star-studded guestlist. The two then ended the marriage nearly a decade later.
Poppy Delevingne and James Cook (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) She added: “There’s a lot of love and respect there. It just no longer worked for us. “I met him when I was 20 years old and 15 years is a long time and I think 15 years to be with someone is a success and sometimes these things just have to come to an end but even so within that, when it did end, that feeling, it was this sort of like bubbling up of freedom.
“And I think I’ve said this to you before, I felt sort of 20 all over again.” Cara Delevingne at the wedding of her sister Poppy Delevingne and James Cook at St Paul’s Church in Kensington (Ian West/PA) When asked about stigma associated with divorce, she said: “I couldn’t really believe, yes, and I think that’s why it should have probably ended earlier than it did, and I think one of the reasons why it didn’t is because of that stigma, which is extraordinary. “I’m quite sad, actually, that we should feel that there’s such a thing about it, that, god she’s divorced, damaged goods, no one’s going to want you.
” She added: “Especially wo.