I don’t perceive it as whining. She was probably asked about it, and answered honestly. Have you seen any publicity about her in the U.S. lately? She’s been at Brown University for over a year. If she were a publicity hog, I think we’d have seen lots more stories about her. Seems to me that she’s got a pretty good head on her shoulders.
She gets discussed a lot on the fashion boards, she’s with Burberry now I think.
As commented above, she seems to be pretty level-headed. Compared to, say, Behatti Prinsloo (rougly the same age).
I remember both Brooke Shields and Jodie Foster temporarily dropping out of the rat race to go to seek higher education. They didn’t do anything shutter-worthy and the paparazzi simply got bored with them and left them alone. It was amazing how one simply heard nothing about them for several years.
For them, it must have been quite relaxing, all told.
She attends Brown? Pray for her soul.