Aimee Walker
Emily Ratajkowski has spoken out about the reason why she waited eight years to come forward with her allegations against Robin Thicke.
Earlier this week, an extract from the model’s book, titled ‘My Body,’ was leaked which claimed that she was ‘groped’ by the singer on the set of his 2013 music video for ‘Blurred Lines’.
Discussing the allegations with People at a recent event, the 30-year-old revealed that she remained silent about the incident for so long as she feared it would prevent her from becoming ‘famous’.
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Ratajkowski explained: “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 added: “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.
“I hope people are able to read the essay and understand the nuance behind these kinds of situations.”
Although Ratajkowski has finally spoken out about the claims, she also admitted that she wasn’t happy it was ‘leaked’ to the press.
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Chatting to Extra, she said: “What’s frustrating is I didn’t come out with it, it was leaked.
“It’s been hard for me, I really like to have control over my image and I wrote this book of essays to share the whole story and all sides of it, and I feel like it turns into a clickbait frenzy and all of a sudden words like ‘sexual assault’ and ‘allegations’ are getting thrown around rather than people reading the actual essay.”
She added: “I’m just looking forward to when people will be able to hear things in my own words.”
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