Margot Robbie just admitted to having a girl crush on a famous pop star and nothing could be more relatable!
On November 10 Robbie attended the 2023 Variety Power of Women event in a stunning off-the-should Fendi gown, but it was the Oscar-nominated actress’ acceptance speech that blew people away.
Robbie took the stage alongside her husband Tom Ackerly and their LuckyChap Entertainment producing partner Josey MacNamara as they were being honored with the Producer of the Year award for their work on the smash-hit Barbie.
The three partners were presented the award by Dua Lipa, whom the Birds of Prey actress admitted to having a “secret crush” on in her acceptance speech!
margot robbie lost her voice so she made her husband read her speech and tell the audience she has a secret crush on dua lipa 😂 pic.twitter.com/siEgZBV0Rg
In an adorable turn, Robbie had her husband and MacNamara read the speech she wrote because she lost her voice before the event, reported People. "Margot's lost her voice about four days ago," Ackerley announced before McNamara said, "So she's written this speech that Tom and I are going to read, so we apologize in advance: This is not our strong point."
Ackerley then added, "We also haven't read the speech yet. ... We agreed to this yesterday."
The actress also had her producing partners say that she has a "crush" on Dua Lipa multiple time and that they "use her as a bit of a crutch for these public-facing sort of thing" and that "just because she performs for a living, it doesn't mean that she doesn't find public speaking just as terrifying as we do."
Robbie then laughed as her Ackerly read, "We know that, so I vow here and now, in front of all these people, and Dua Lipa, who I have a secret crush on, true, to not leave all the speeches to Margot from now on.”
Her speech went on to point out the irony of having two men speaking for a woman at an event meant to honor the accomplishments of women. "Now I know what you're all thinking: 'Wow, for a Power of Women event, we sure are hearing a lot from these two Dudes, in capitals, Dudes," Ackerley read aloud. "But it's me, Margot, writing this and I have to say, the only thing I love more than seeing women supporting women is seeing men supporting women and I have watched for the last 10 years as these two dudes have dedicated their careers to supporting women in this industry, and nothing could make me love them more."
The admission of the Barbie star''s girl crush on the pop star is especially cute as it comes on the heels of Dua Lipa’s confession that she also has a crush on Robbie. The two worked together on Barbie when she sang “Dance The Night” for the soundtrack and played a mermaid Barbie in the film.
Dua Lipa revealed her crush last week when she went on Capital FM and fielded questions from child fans. One kid asked if she was more excited to meet Robbie or Ryan Gosling and after struggling to choose between the two she answered, “Margot is just my ultimate girl crush.”
These two stars are so cute, we hope they work together again in the future! Maybe they could meet and fall in love in a queer rom-com. I mean, c'mon, it writes itself!
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
