I suppose we could say she was led astray by some unsavory character at school. Or took too keen an interest in her parents' sophisticated political debates over cocktails, and decided to try her own hand at it - with the zeal and inelegance of youth.
Or we could say we had no idea, we're aghast, and she's grounded forever.
I do think, though - I mean, she's displayed some not unadmirable [...] independence of thought. Don't you think?