Cara Delevingne sparks concern after erratic behaviour at LA airport

The supermodel and actress has been spotted behaving erratically at an LA airport, after she was reportedly kicked off Jay-Z’s private jet.

Cara Delevingne’s friends and family fear they need to stage an urgent intervention after her recent wild behaviour.

In the latest worrying incident, the 30-year-old British supermodel was forced to get off rapper Jay-Z’s private jet during an erratic display at a Los Angeles airport on Tuesday.

Paparazzi photos captured her twirling wildly while wearing no shoes, with bedraggled hair and bruises on her arms, The Sun reports.

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A very tired and tattered-looking Cara Delevingne is seen going to the PUMA private jet owned by JAY-Z. Picture: Splash/Backgrid

The model-actress is looking worse for wear as she was spotted at Van Nuys airport wearing no shoes. Picture: Splash/Backgrid

Her T-shirt displayed an image of Britney Spears – who famously had a breakdown in 2007 when the pressures of fame became too much to bear.

Delevingne, who was also seen smoking, has been displaying concerning behaviour lately. Just days ago, she was spotted looking washed out and smoking a pipe in her car in LA.

The cover girl was seen with her dog Alfie and her assistant getting onto the puma private jet shortly before being not allowed to fly. Picture: Splash/Backgrid

Delevingne was seen lingering at the airport after being unable to fly. Picture: Splash/Backgrid

In the photos taken last week, she was seen dropping an unknown liquid from a pipette into her mouth and apparently “zoning out”.

Last month, Delevingne was sighted standing on top of a vehicle while living it up on the party island of Ibiza with actress friends Margot Robbie and Sienna Miller as she celebrated turning 30.

A close friend told The Sun: “We are all incredibly concerned. The situation has been building for a few weeks now, and Cara’s family is involved.

They added: “There is talk of staging some kind of intervention and making sure Cara gets the help she may well need.

“She has been burning the candle at both ends of late, and it’s clearly taking its toll.”

At one stage, Delevingne dangled her feet outside a car window. Picture: Splash News/Backgrid

The supermodel boarded the plane before she was kicked off. Picture: Splash News/Backgrid

A self-styled “rebel” who likes to push back boundaries, Delevingne has confessed to getting drawn into drug use in the past and has previously struggled to cope with the pressures of the fashion world.

She was spotted at Glastonbury this year, and the bohemian Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert last week, where friends reported that she barely stopped to eat.

And when she wasn’t partying in a field, Delevingne was at a string of glamorous events.

In May alone, her itinerary included the Cannes Film Festival, her model pal Adwoa Aboah’s acid house-themed 30th birthday party, an afterparty for American TV comedy show Saturday Night Live and a charity bash in London.

At the Billboard Music Awards and the Met Gala that same month, onlookers noted her oddball interactions with Megan Thee Stallion, which included trying to kiss the American rapper and interrupting her interviews.

There were also worrying signs of anxiety during two interviews in the US in July.

She appeared agitated on The Tonight Show, scratching her hands and trembling while performing a card trick for host Jimmy Fallon.

And on Live With Kelly And Ryan, viewers noticed Delevingne was constantly rubbing her hands together.

She has previously been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which could explain her behaviour – but there is a pattern that cannot be easily dismissed.

Last November, Delevingne made headlines when she fell off stage at a Halloween party.

The former Victoria’s Secret model’s family know only too well how vital professional support is.

Her mum Pandora, 63, became addicted to heroin at the age of just 20. Pandora’s father Sir Jocelyn Stevens, the late chairman of the charity English Heritage, sent her to a clinic in Switzerland following an overdose.

Delevingne’s close friends said: “The consensus is that she needs a few weeks of total rest – no booze, no partying and, crucially, some healthy, hot meals inside her. Cara’s an incredibly bright, switched-on girl – but even she needs a guiding hand sometimes. There has been some talk of getting her into a retreat of some kind for a detox and some R&R.”

Delevingne became a global star after walking the Victoria’s Secret runway in the early 2010s. Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret

In 2013 she dropped some white powder outside her home in London – and images emerged of her smoking a suspicious looking roll-up during her public school days.

Delevingne has admitted to dabbling with drugs at the start of her catwalk career, but insisted that she did not get hooked as she was “working like mad.”

Yet she admits that being part of the fashion world from the tender age of 10 was damaging to her mental health.

She said: “I realised modelling wasn’t good for me physically or emotionally.”

Her mum admitted to being too ill at times to care for her daughters – and at the age of 15, Delevingne had a breakdown.

She said: “I tried to smash my head into a tree to knock myself out.”

Delevingne felt suicidal and needed medication in order to deal with her bouts of depression.

Nearly a decade ago, she slowed down her modelling work and gradually reinvented herself as a successful actress.

She was supervillain the Enchantress in 2016 blockbuster Suicide Squad and was recently in the second series of Disney+ comedy drama hit Only Murders In The Building, alongside US comedy legend Steve Martin and pop singer Selena Gomez.

Delevingne starred alongside Margot Robbie in 2016’s Suicide Squad. Picture: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Samsung

Having earned millions during her career, she can certainly afford to take a break.

There is also no doubt that if Delevingne is in any kind of trouble, she has plenty of devoted friends and relatives to call on.

She is particularly close to her older sisters Chloe, 37, and Poppy, 36, property developer dad Charles, 73, and mum Pandora.

Cara has previously said: “I saw my sisters as the epitome of the woman I wanted to be.

“My father taught me how to be ambitious, never to give up and to love without condition.

“My mother taught me that to pick yourself up when you are down is the most important part of falling.”

This story originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission