Chloë Grace Moretz to Paparazzi: "I'm a 19-Year-Old Girl. What Do You Think You're Doing?"
Chloë Grace Moretz decided to go public about her relationship with Brooklyn Beckham in hopes that interest in the couple would then die down. "We were always running from paparazzi ... it [was] affecting our relationship ... we were like, if we were more upfront about it ... and just let them take our photo - they aren't going to care," she said during an appearance on The Talk last month. Until recently, the two had kept their on/off relationship of two years under wraps.
So far, the new transparency hasn't dimmed public interest in the pair, Chloë told Cosmopolitan.com at Coach's High Line summer party Wednesday. "It is what it is," she said. "You know, people are going to chase us either way. But I think eventually it'll help. In a while; it's going to take a little bit of time. What's the fuss?"
These days, Chloë says there are always 15 or 20 paparazzi outside her house. "I look at them sometimes, I'm like, I'm a 19-year-old girl. What do you think you're doing?" she said. "But, you know, a job's a job, and if they didn't want to take my picture, it means I wouldn't be successful. And I'm happy and proud of what I do, and I just want people to enjoy it, and if that's part and parcel, then it's part and parcel."
She also defended Neighbors 2's feminist message, which has come under question (see: "The Bullshit Feminism of 'Neighbors 2'," for example). "It's a story about young women bucking the system and standing up for their rights," Chloë said. "I mean, the whole end of the movie is them actually gaining the amount of sorority members they need to create their anti-sorority sorority, and that by being themselves, they actually gained more money and attraction and everything from other girls, and they succeeded from being who they want to be."
Chloë also explained why she chose Wednesday, specifically, to Instagram a photo of her introducing Hillary Clinton at a campaign stop. "I reached 8 million followers, and I just wanted to bring it back around and talk to people about why 8 million followers is not important because I'm posting a selfie, it's important because it gives me a chance to be a part of a movement, and to be a part of certain conversations, and be positive for the young Americans in the world who can't speak up for themselves. I'm there to be there for them and be their voice."
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