Zooey Deschanel: People teased me. Nothing could be as hard as middle school

Publish date: 2024-04-18

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel covers the April issue of Cosmopolitan UK, and she’s looking whimsiquirkilicious again, unlike her depressing turn at the Vanity Fair Oscar party last weekend. This photo was taken before Zooey’s new haircut (if in fact that was a haircut), and she’s wearing what I’d describe as a hipster-lingerie dress. I don’t dislike Zooey, but a little bit of her goes a long way, and (to me) she’s quickly reaching the point of overexposure. Still, I understand that a lot of people like her on “The New Girl,” so perhaps this cover will arrive into the welcome arms of her fandom. The interview is nothing special though, but when has Cosmo ever really published a great interview? Probably never, so let’s go with it. Zooey talks a lot about bullying and how she wants to make a difference in the lives of young girls today:

Zooey Deschanel

She (like every other celebrity) was bullied: “People really teased me. It was really bad. Nothing could be as hard as middle school. There were insecurities that I think I would have worked through a lot faster if I’d had certain tools and could have connected with certain people earlier.”

On her website: “We [Molly McAleer, Sophia Rossi and Zooey] started Hello Giggles [hellogiggles.com] for fun, but now I feel like I’m on a mission to make it a thing that helps other women. If there had been a place like that for me when I was 13, I would have felt so much less alone.”

On her musical: “When we’re recording [with She & Him bandmate, Matthew Ward], we’ll almost always like the first or second take. I’d rather have something that’s imperfect but emotionally true than try to sing it perfectly.”

She still believes in true love despite her divorce from Ben Gibbard: “[True love] that lasts forever… yes, I do believe in it. My parents have been married for 40 years and my grandparents were married for 70 years. I come from a long line of true loves.”

On her ideal guy: “I’d be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means… Yeah, authentic and creative.”

[From Cosmopolitan UK

I don’t really know what it means for someone to be “authentic,” do you? Maybe it means that a person doesn’t pretend to be someone that they aren’t, or maybe there’s some mystical Zooey meaning out there. As for “creative,” Zooey plays the same role in nearly every movie or television show. However, she’s just co-launched a production company, so maybe we’ll see some variety in that area of her professional life.

Zooey’s date for the VF Oscar party was her boyfriend, Jamie Linden, who has been her guy since last June. I think he’s cute. Maybe Zooey’s trying to stay away from hipster dudes.

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

Photos courtesy of Cosmo UK and WENN

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