Emily Ratajkowskisays it “didn’t feel brave” to speak out about experience on the “Blurred Lines” music video set.
In her new bookMy Body, the 30-year-old model alleges that singerRobin Thickehadgroped herin 2013 on set, where she performed topless. Ratajkowski said Thicke apologized at the time.
Ratajkowski said she opened up about the incident “because for so long I talked about how that video had been so empowering and how I felt so great.”
The model continued: “And then this one thing happened, and I think that it says so much about power dynamics and all these amazing women who were there, none of us really were in a position to do anything to protect each other, and that’s why I told that story.”
Ratajkowski went on to reiterate that the book isn’t “trying to out any specific man” but rather “our culture in general and about how women and men, and I include myself in this, have been complicit in situations like that.”
“I was an unknown model and if I had spoken out or complained, I would not be where I am today; I would not be famous,” she said at the time.
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“I wrote a book about the evolution of my politics and that includes a lot of different experiences from my career and my life and the way that I felt and thought about those experiences have evolved,” Ratajkowski continued.
“I hope people are able to read the essay and understand the nuance behind these kinds of situations.”
My Bodyis available now.
source: people.com
