Emily Ratajkowski: ‘I’d rather annoy people than hide my beliefs’

Emily Ratajkowski admits there are times when she feels like “hiding under the covers” from her critics — but she’d “rather be pissing people off” than not standing up for what she believes in.

The model and actress, 26, refers to herself as a feminist and often speaks out about the difficulties women face in Hollywood.

However, she is regularly criticised for posting pictures of herself wearing little clothing on social media and appearing in provocative fashion shoots.

“I really try and live by the idea that other people’s reactions are not my problem,” she told Harper’s Bazaar Arabia.

“But there are definitely times I would just love to lay in bed and hide under the covers and wish I didn’t have access to the internet, you know.

“I have moments of feeling really beaten down by it and misunderstood and misinterpreted.”

Ratajkowski, who was born in Westminster but raised in California, shot to fame after she appeared topless in Robin Thicke’s 2013 music video for Blurred Lines and appeared in Gone Girl the following year.

Last month, after she was filmed in lingerie while writhing in pasta sauce for an advent calendar, TV host Piers Morgan called her a “global bimbo” and told her to “get a proper job”.

She said: “I think if you don’t have haters or if you’re not somewhat controversial, then you’re not standing for anything in general and that’s something I think about a lot.

"I’d rather be pissing people off than just everyone liking me. I think a lot of people really feel that the idea of a woman being sexual or being sexualised is the opposite of feminism.

"When I feel like, in some ways, that conversation itself can be oppressive to women because you’re telling them how to dress and how to act, which is actually the opposite of feminism.”

Ratajkowski also spoke about the Harvey Weinstein scandal, saying “no one was surprised” by allegations made against the disgraced US film producer.

She said she had been objectified and made to feel uncomfortable by people in Hollywood, adding: “I don’t know a woman who hasn’t felt that way in this industry. We’ve all seen it. I think people need to wake up and realise there’s something deeply disturbing [there].”