Editor-In-Chief of Vanity Fair explains the decision to feature the K-Pop star on its Hollywood Issue alongside Nicole Kidman, Zendaya and Glen Powell, although she has not made her acting debut.
- November 15, 2024
AceShowbiz - Vanity Fair has defended Lisa against protest over her appearance on the cover of its Hollywood Issue although she has not made her acting debut. During an interview on "CBS Morning Plus" on Thursday, November 14, Radhika Jones, Editor-In-Chief of Vanity Fair, explained the decision to include the K-Pop star on the special issue.
"Lisa, who was a huge star in K-Pop world, um, less well known in Hollywood or with a Hollywood audience, but she's going to be on 'The White Lotus' in the new season," Jones said, referring to Lisa's role in the upcoming season of the HBO series which will air in 2025.
"Lisa's incredibly famous, but we're going to introduce her in a new context, and it's nice to be able to create that mix," she continued. "You know, there's no bigger star right now than Nicole Kidman, she's everywhere, her work is incredible, and she, even at her level of success, is also driven by taking risks, she wants to do projects that feel new and exciting, and her new film 'Baby Girl' is amazing, I may say, I just saw it, so, so, we love to put those kinds of people together and I feel like when you have a mix of people together, in different stages of their career, it lends itself to moments of discovery. You can discover somebody new to you, but you can also rediscover someone you thought you knew."
Lisa was featured in the magazine's Hollywood Issue alongside established actors and actresses like Kidman, Zendaya Coleman, Zoe Saldana, Dev Patel, Bill Skarsgard and Danielle Deadwyler, as well as rising stars Glen Powell, Sydney Sweeney, Jonathan Bailey, Ncuti Gatwa and Josh O'Connor. This left people baffled since unlike the rest of the stars, the BLACKPINK member does not have an official acting credit just yet.
"Yeah I was surprised to see her as well," someone reacted on social media. Another confused fan wrote, "I love her but tbh i thought that too." A third weighed in, "Love her but what is she even doing there."
Some critics went as far as accusing her of using the connections of her rumored boyfriend Frederic Arnault to land the major magazine feature. Someone else blasted Vanity Fair, alleging, "They need the clicks, the hardworking underrated actresses yall want on their won't generate the same buzz as a kpop star with millions of fans. [sic]"
