Emily Ratajkowski is in a constant battle with the ‘voice’ of her inner critic.
The 32-year-old model, actress and author – who has been accused of preaching about feminism and empowerment while flaunting her body in modelling shoots and social media posts – says she also battles criticism from a harsh ‘internal voice’.
She made the admission while chatting to Glamour in a video question-and-answer session, and said when asked to describe her approach to ‘self-love.’
‘My relationship to self-love is a complicated one. I think it’s a journey and I think that there’s an internal voice you have to constantly encourage in a way that it’s a lot of work, and it doesn’t always come,’ she shared.
When asked how she practices self-love, mom-of-one Emily went on: ‘I think I’ve gotten better at catching myself when I have this sort of opposite voice…and realizing that I’m talking down on myself.
Emily Ratajkowski is in a constant battle with the ‘voice’ of her inner critic. The 32-year-old model, actress and author – who has been accused of preaching about feminism and empowerment while flaunting her body in modelling shoots and social media posts – says she also battles criticism from a harsh ‘internal voice;
She made the admission while chatting to Glamour in a video question-and-answer session, and said when asked to describe her approach to ‘self-love.’ ‘My relationship to self-love is a complicated one. I think it’s a journey and I think that there’s an internal voice you have to constantly encourage in a way that it’s a lot of work, and it doesn’t always come,’ she shared.
‘I think it’s also sort of like a philosophy. You need to have a wider macro philosophy around finding joy in your life and realising that you are you, and this is the one life you have.
‘So to realise that kind of enjoying that life that’s given to you means that you have to like yourself and be nice to yourself.’
In a separate chat for the magazine edition of Glamour, Emily told how she has changed her mind about a form of feminism used to justify women flaunting their bodies.
She said: ‘I (now) don’t agree with choice feminism. When I was in my early-20s that’s something I talked about, but that’s also what I correct in the book…
‘God, I was saying that because I wanted to protect myself and believe something, because the alternative was too terrifying and too depressing.
‘And even the story I told myself or talked about with Blurred Lines, this kind of “Well, it was fun and it was empowering,” there were moments like that, yes.
When asked how she practices self-love, mom-of-one Emily went on: ‘I think I’ve gotten better at catching myself when I have this sort of opposite voice…and realizing that I’m talking down on myself’
‘But there were moments on set that were so clear about who was in power.’
Emily was referring to her claim in her book My Body that singer Robin, 46, allegedly molested her by groping her naked chest on the Blurred Lines set in 2013 in front of the crew and its female director.
Robin, whose career has floundered after the row over the video, has never commented on the allegation and Emily is still to hear from him.
This comes after she said her bond with her son and her book are her two greatest achievements.
The pinup has been bringing up her son Sylvester as a single mum after having him nearly three years ago with her 36-year-old film producer former husband Sebastian Bear-McClard – who is rumoured to have cheated on her and is also currently facing allegations of sexual misconduct by multiple women in September 2022.
Emily told Glamour in an online video chat: ‘I have two things I qualify as my greatest achievements.
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‘One is becoming a mother, and the everyday kind of achievements I have with my son – successes and victories and just the relationship that I’m cultivating with him, I think is something I’m extremely proud of.
‘And then I would say writing my book was another huge achievement for me.’
Emily added the biggest hurdle she has faced as a woman has been battling clichéd representations of females.
She went on: ‘My greatest challenge, I think, has been fighting stereotypes, and being able to be a multifaceted person who, you know, can kind of connect to all parts of myself, particularly in the public eye.
‘I found that to be very difficult, and to receive kind of a lot of backlash for the moments that I step out of my lane, so to speak, and I would say that’s an ongoing struggle for me, but it’s something that also I face in my private life, and I know a lot of female friends who face that, who are not famous or in the public eye, so I think it’s really about perseverance, and being true to yourself.’
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