Zoë Kravitz Met Her Husband While Looking to "Get Laid," Which Is a Strategy I Can Get Behind

Updated on 6/5/2019 at 8:10 PM

Steven Meisel | British Vogue

Zoë Kravitz secretly wed actor Karl Glusman in May, and is opening up about the relatable way they first met. In a new interview for July's British Vogue, the 30-year-old Big Little Lies actress revealed that she wasn't exactly looking for a serious relationship when she was introduced to Karl at a bar. "I wanted to meet someone – not even to get serious, I think just to get laid, to be completely honest with you," Zoë told the publication. I find this to be a pretty noteworthy strategy.

Zoë looks absolutely stunning in the British Vogue photos — which were shot by the iconic Steven Meisel — and in the profile, she also talks about her famous parents, Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, her past struggles with an eating disorder, and earning success on her own merit. Check out a few choice quotes from Zoë ahead, then see the full feature in the July issue of British Vogue, which is available on newsstands and digital download on June 7.

On meeting her husband, Karl Glusman, through a friend: "I love that it wasn't on an app and that it wasn't on a movie set. My friend knew that I wanted to meet someone — not even to get serious, I think just to get laid, to be completely honest with you — and he brought Karl. I instantly felt something — then he turned around and started talking to the blonde girl next to him and I was like, 'Wait, what?'. But he later told me that he was just nervous."

"My friend knew that I wanted to meet someone — not even to get serious, I think just to get laid, to be completely honest with you — and he brought Karl."

On her famous dad, rocker Lenny Kravitz: "I remember when 'Fly Away' was released, whenever my dad came to collect me, the whole school would swarm the parking lot. I always thought, 'I know why I'm so excited to see him, because it's rare for him to pick me up, but why are you all so excited?"
On growing pains: "School was hard for me. My peers were wealthy white kids — jocks and cheerleaders — and I felt super alienated. On the cusp of being a teenager you're trying to figure out who you are, and when there is no reflection of you anywhere you look, you feel like a freak."

On her decade-long eating disorder, which started at age 13: "I think it came from a lot of things. My mother was so beautiful and so tiny, I always felt clunky around her, and then my dad was always surrounded by supermodels. . . I was short, and you feel uncomfortable in your skin anyway at that age."
On earning success on her own merit: "When I got into acting school, I never knew if it was because of my audition or my last name. But I'm slowly learning that no director will hire me because of my surname. The first 10 years of my career have been about proving myself. I now finally feel like I'm in a place where I'm able to say, 'I deserve this,' and, 'I worked really hard.' I'm getting better."