Emily Ratajkowski Blurred Lines Unrated

Emily Ratajkowski Blurred Lines Unrated

By Sarah Lindig Published: Sep 6, 2015
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Hollywood celebs get their start in all sorts of ways and places, but few measure up to the inescapable and lasting notoriety of Emily Ratajkowski's breakout feature in Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" music video.

The sultry brunette model was immediately the subject of discussion everywhere following her scantily-clad, red-lipped, lamb-toting appearance in the controversial video, which helped launch her acting career and land her the role alongside Ben Affleck in Gone Girl . But as much credit as she may owe "Blurred Lines" for her success, Ratajkowski wishes she could shake it—especially after three years.

In an interview with British InStyle , Ratajkowski shared some harsh sentiments about the music video that made her:

"I wasn't into the idea at all at first. I think I came off as a bit annoyed in the video. Now, it's the bane of my existence. When anyone comes up to me about "Blurred Lines", I'm like, are we seriously talking about a video from three years ago?"
Considering the starlet's rising status as a style-setter and emerging It girl , perhaps it's time to put the "Blurred Lines" association behind us.

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Emily Ratajkowski has reportedly accused Robin Thicke of groping her in an excerpt from her upcoming debut book My Body .

The model, 30, recounted the moment from the set of the music video for Thicke's 2013 single "Blurred Lines," for which she and two other models appeared topless for an uncensored version, in a passage published by The Sunday Times .

In the excerpt, Ratajkowski wrote that she initially enjoyed working on the music video, which featured an all-female crew, until she and Thicke, 44, were alone on set. "Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger's hands cupping my bare breasts from behind," she wrote. "I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke."

Representatives for Robin Thicke and Emily Ratajkowski did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

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"He smiled a goofy grin and stumbled backward, his eyes concealed behind his sunglasses. My head turned to the darkness beyond the set. [The director, Diane Martel's] voice cracked as she yelled out to me, 'Are you okay?' " she continued.

Martel reportedly confirmed the account to The Sunday Times . "I screamed in my very aggressive Brooklyn voice, 'What the f— are you doing, that's it!! The shoot is over!!'" she recalled, adding: "Robin sheepishly apologised. As if he knew it was wrong without understanding how it might have felt for Emily."

She noted that "everything had been very sweet and enjoyable" until then, and she threatened to shut down production, but when she checked on Ratajkowski, the model "was very professional and said we could go on."

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Ratajkowski added that Thicke was "a little drunk" and "didn't seem to be enjoying himself in the same way" during filming.

The I Feel Pretty actress wrote that the incident made her feel "naked for the first time that day," and she was "desperate to minimise" the weight of the situation. "I pushed my chin forward and shrugged, avoiding eye contact, feeling the heat of humiliation pump through my body," Ratajkowski noted. "I didn't react — not really, not like I should have."

"With that one gesture, Robin Thicke had reminded everyone on set that we women weren't actually in charge. I didn't have any real power as the naked girl dancing around in his music video. I was nothing more than the hired mannequin," she wrote.

Although Martel intended to subvert power dynamics with the video, with the half-naked models "mocking him and the male gaze," the single has long been scrutinized for promoting rape culture. "I know you want it," Thicke croons throughout the track, which earned him two Grammy Award nominations and spent 12 consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100.

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"We had no negative intentions when we made the record, when we made the video," Thicke told the New York Post in February. "But then it did open up a conversation that needed to be had. And it doesn't matter what your intentions were when you wrote the song … the people were being negatively affected by it. And I think now, obviously, culture, society has moved into a completely different place. You won't see me making any videos like that ever again!"

Pharrell Williams , who produced the song and was featured along with T.I. , has also expressed regret, telling GQ that he's now " embarrassed " by the track.

"My mind opened up to what was actually being said in the song and how it could make someone feel. Even though it wasn't the majority, it didn't matter. I cared what they were feeling too," Williams said in 2019. "I realized that we live in a chauvinist culture in our country…[I] didn't realize that some of my songs catered to that."

Reps for Pharrell Williams and T.I. did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

Thicke told PEOPLE in February that he was abusing pills and alcohol around the time "Blurred Lines" came out, as he was also going through a divorce with ex-wife Paula Patton , who alleged infidelity, physical abuse and drug use (Thicke has denied the cheating and abuse allegations).

"You don't realize you're not in control," Thicke said. "Fame and a lot of those things — they got to me. I was in a bad place. I'm happy to have closed that chapter."

Read Emily Ratajkowski's collection of essays My Body , which is available November 9 from Macmillan Publishers.

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Robin Thicke ’s “Blurred Lines” video has been watched over 170 million times since it premiered on Vevo in March, and countless viewers have had the same question: Who exactly is that beautiful brunette? Her name is Emily Ratajkowski . Here are 10 things you probably don’t know about the 21-year-old model.
1. Her last name isn’t nearly as hard to pronounce as it seems. “The J is silent,” she says. “That’s the trick. Occasionally people get it right on the first try, just through random luck. People have told me to change it over the years, but my dad is always saying, ‘Never change your name!’ My middle name is O’Hara, so it’s a pretty epic name. Emily O’Hara Ratajkowski.”
2. She was born in London. “My mother is an English professor, and she was teaching on Fulbright there at the time,” she says. “I was real into theater, and then I tried soccer, acting and ballet. Both my parents didn’t want a child-star model, so I didn’t get into modeling until I was 14.” When people online accused her of having breast implants, Emily tweeted a photo of herself in a bikini when she was 14. It ended the speculation.
3. She was on a 2010 episode of iCarly . “I played Gibby’s girlfriend,” she says. “It was my first and only acting job. I didn’t grow up with TV, so I didn’t even know what the show was when I auditioned. I only did two episodes, so I was just on set about two weeks.”
4. She went to UCLA . “I went through a whole year, which is four quarters,” she says. “Things started to pick up with modeling and I had to decide whether to stay in school or pursue this full time.”
5. Before she filmed the “Blurred Lines” video, Emily was in Maroon 5’s video for “Somebody.” “Not long after making that video, my agent called me,” she says. “He had the offer from Robin Thicke’s people.”
6. She initially turned down the “Blurred Lines” video. “On paper it sounded pretty crazy,” she says. “It was naked girls dancing around, and we didn’t know what it would actually turn out like. We turned it down, and then two days later [director] Diane Martel called my agent and was like, ‘Look, just let me meet with her.’ We really got along and I was like, ‘You’re the person in charge of this? Cool!’ Then when the rate was negotiated we sort of decided, ‘Well, it can’t hurt you.’ It’s pretty funny, because it obviously didn’t hurt me at all.”
7. The censored and uncensored video were both shot in a single day. “Diana talked about the marching, and the playful energy of the whole thing,” Emily says. “It was just completely ridiculous, and so much fun. The whole thing is supposed to be silly. Lots of people don’t catch that. They’ll tweet me and say, ‘I like the video, but what the hell is that dog doing there?’ I mean, the whole thing is random.”
8. Despite not having a TV as a child, she grew up worshipping Michael Jackson. “I was obsessed with him,” she says. “I’d catch the video for ‘Bad’ and just think it was amazing. It’s so iconic. There’s this crazy emotional part that would never work today, but it draws you in. Then all of a sudden, there’s this simple kind of theatrical set up that turns into a ridiculous war between dancers.”
9. Acting isn’t her priority at the moment. “I’ll go into these meetings with studios,” she says. “They’ll say to me, ‘We’re so excited to have you audition for this.’ I’ll be like, ‘Have you ever seen me act?’ They feel I have a presence on camera. The attention from the fashion world is something that I didn’t expect. I’ve shot with Bruce Weber and met Karl Lagerfeld. Having that kind of attention is really exciting.”
10. For now, she’s done with music videos. “We’re avoiding videos right now,” Emily says. “There’s a lot of upcoming stuff I can’t talk about, but I want to be a model who breaks boundaries. I’m not typical. I’m not 5’10”. I’m not an A-cup. I think the industry is moving towards this direction. Basically, I want to be successful in this industry so that down the line I can invest in other projects, like movies that I love or an artist or a photographer. Maybe I’ll eventually become a producer, but for the next three or four years I really just want to be a successful model and actress.”
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