"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it"
About this Quote
The intent is disarming self-portraiture. Crawford isn’t selling wisdom; she’s selling relatability without begging for it. “Richard” (the first-name intimacy) signals a private life that’s supposedly off-camera, while the bug dilemma is safely noncontroversial. It’s conflict without stakes, a tiny negotiation that implies a larger truth: even idealized couples bicker, but about manageable things. The subtext is image management through miniature imperfection. She’s not an untouchable supermodel; she’s a person who gets grossed out, loses a battle with her own reflexes, then feels mildly guilty.
There’s also a subtle gendered choreography: the partner as the humane one, her as the pragmatic one. It flips the expected script of the soft, delicate model and replaces it with someone decisive, maybe a little squeamish, definitely not precious. In an era when celebrity profiles leaned hard on “down-to-earth” anecdotes to counteract fame’s unreality, this kind of micro-confession works like a pressure valve. It humanizes her by shrinking the distance between runway myth and bathroom bug.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Crawford, Cindy. (2026, January 15). Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/richard-doesnt-really-like-me-to-kill-bugs-but-53293/
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Crawford, Cindy. "Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/richard-doesnt-really-like-me-to-kill-bugs-but-53293/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Richard doesn't really like me to kill bugs, but sometimes I can't help it." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/richard-doesnt-really-like-me-to-kill-bugs-but-53293/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.


