Julia Fox talks dating after her fling with Kanye West: ‘I don’t ever want to just be known as someone’s girlfriend’

Julia Fox opened up about her dating life following her highly publicized, short-lived affair with rapper Kanye West in January 2022, following his divorce from Kim Kardashian.

While they grace the cover of In stylethe Uncut Gems star, 34, admitted she has struggled with being seen as just one of the 46-year-old musicians’ exes.

The actress stated that she dated West for “a month” and that the attention that came with their brief romance has left a “sour taste in ‘her’ mouth about dating someone in this field.”

“I never want to just be known as someone’s girlfriend. I know I am so much more than that. And I feel like this happens so much to women in this industry,” she said.

She continued, “They are only as good as their partner, otherwise they can make a whole career out of being someone’s partner. But either way, it becomes their identity.”

Fox said she aims to “transcend that” and “break that pattern.”

‘I just want to stand on my own two feet and not need a man to support me. I did that for years. I am fine. I have established myself and I want to continue to establish myself,” the mother of one noted. “And maybe one day I’ll be taken seriously.”

When asked if she Googles herself, the performer said “not at all.”

“The thought of even Googling myself gives me so much anxiety because it’s always going to be a bit of crap and then I’m so reactive and so wanton that I’ll repost it,” Fox said. ‘What you don’t know can’t hurt you. Ignorance is bliss. I don’t know what’s going on there.’

Reflecting on her time as a socialite in New York City, Fox said she was “the party girl” and “the crackhead.”

‘I was outside all the time. I was homeless,” the author of Down the Drain recalls. “Now that I have that stability and that safe space, that’s where I want to be: home. I’m ready. I’m ready. I’ve paid my dues. I have my street cred. I’m ready to stay home.’

Fox went on to explain why she continues to work in the entertainment industry, despite calling it exhausting.

While gracing the cover of InStyle, the Uncut Gems star, 34, admitted she has struggled with being seen as just one of the 46-year-old musicians’ exes

The actress stated that dating West for “a month” and the attention that came with their brief romance has left a “sour taste in” her “mouth about dating someone in this atmosphere.”

“I never want to just be known as someone’s girlfriend. I know I am so much more than that. And I feel like this happens so much to women in this industry,” she said

“I’m the type of person where it’s like I have to make the most of that moment. I didn’t come all this way not to kill it,” she explained. ‘Because yes, it sucks, but the feeling of not being defeated is even worse. You know what I mean?’

Still, she says fame is “like a double-edged sword.”

‘I don’t know, I can’t explain it. But I also have the pressure to prove myself because I feel like I’m always surrounded by naysayers who always underestimate me or don’t take me seriously,” she concluded on the subject. “So sometimes I just want to come out and say, ‘I’m here. I’m here and I’m not leaving.’

While thinking about working with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Fox recalled meeting Emma Stone on Saturday Night Live.

“She told me she had read my book and I literally had to leave the room because I was like, I just saw you win an Oscar two weeks ago. What?” the actress admitted.

She continued, “They are only as good as their partner, otherwise they can make a whole career out of being someone’s partner. But either way, it becomes their identity.”

“Then there are the girls who aren’t at that level, and they’re always a bit slicker, because I don’t think they’re really secure in their positions, and maybe a bit more threatened. But the girls who say, ‘Honey, you’re never going to top this, they’re always really nice,'” Fox said.

The star also revealed that she was moving out of her East Village apartment, which went viral last year for its authenticity.

‘I finally found a place [in Harlem] that really appealed to me, and me and my best friend bought it together,” she revealed.

About how it compares to her last apartment, she enthused: “It’s a real house.”

‘It is not in the center, but in an area where it is really all New Yorkers. So no one really cares about me and leaves me alone, which is really nice,” she added.