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Margot Robbie Sets the Record Straight on Those ‘Crying' Photos

In a new interview, Robbie clarified that in the viral September photos of her looking distressed, she was "not crying," adding that she wasn't at Cara Delevingne's house as had been reported.

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Margot Robbie is speaking out over those viral crying photos.

Two months after paparazzi photographed her seemingly upset and appearing to sob outside pal Cara Delevingne's house, the actress is clarifying that she was "not crying" in the pics, sharing that they were simply snapped at an awkward moment.

"I had something in my eye," she explained in the December/January cover story of Vanity Fair, published Nov. 14. "I'm trying to grab my face mask, trying to hold a coffee cup and I couldn't get a hair outta my eye."

Robbie admitted that after the photos went viral — and raised concerned about the status of her friendship with the supermodel — even her mother called to ask whether the BFFs were alright, which she replied, "Yes and yes."

The "Barbie" star also noted that the September photos of her weren't even taken at the model's house. Robbie said she was "outside an Airbnb" that she was renting and "not at Cara's house," like the headlines implied.

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After working in Hollywood for over a decade, Robbie said she has unfortunately become used false media narratives and does her best to ignore them.

"You want to correct it, but you just can't," she told the magazine. "You have to, I don't know, look the other way."

Robbie, 32, and Delevingne, 30, have been close since working together on "Suicide Squad" in 2016. That year, the Oscar nominee gushed about their friendship, calling the "Carnival Row" star a "rare gem."

"I've just never met anyone like her," Robbie told U.K. news site Femalefirst. "She is the most genuine person you can ever meet and there's nothing calculated about that girl," she said. "She's like a little comet just blasting her way through this world.

She added, "We have the most fun ever."

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