In what appears to be a promotion of her forthcoming Disney+ documentary ex-supermodel Linda Evangelista revisited her 90s snubbish comments to Vogue magazine in 1990 interview when she said she wouldn’t “get out of bed for less than $10,000.”
The former supermodel, 59, spoke the now infamous words during a sit-down alongside Christy Turlington for Vogue in 1990.
Evangelista said she remains haunted by the phrase, which attracted criticism from people who said it demonstrated that the Canadian model was out of touch.
“I had no idea that so much attention would be brought to it,” said Evangelista in the Disney Plus documentary series In Vogue: The 90s, which will be released on the platform on Friday (13 September).
However, now she regrets ever saying it. “I had no idea that so much attention would be brought to it,” Evangelista said in the forthcoming Disney+ documentary series In Vogue: The 90s. “I don’t want to be known for that. I’ve done so much more than just that quote but it’s really sticking.”
Last year, Evangelista told Apple TV’s The Super Models that the quote “makes her crazy…I’m not the same person I was 30 years ago. I shouldn’t have said that.” At the time, Vogue editor Anna Wintour said she was “embarrassed” for Evangelista, and wanted to strike the quote from the article, but interviewer Jonathan Van Meter convinced her to keep it in.
“I was like, you cannot cut this line. I just knew instinctively that it would be the quote heard around the world.”