Emily Ratajkowski Didn’t Come Out About Robin Thicke Allegations Because She Feared She Wouldn’t Be Successful
Model Emily Ratajkowski is opening up about why she did not come out earlier about her allegations that Robin Thicke allegedly groped her breast on the set of the “Blurred Lines” music video.
The model told People that she feared that she wouldn’t have been successful if she voiced what had happened to her.
“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,” Ratajkowski said.
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She says she decided to speak out about it in her book as she has grown and hopes that her fans will understand and learn from this.
“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 [has] evolved,” she added. “I hope people are able to read the essay and understand the nuance behind these kinds of situations.”
As we reported, Ratajkowski’s claims that Thicke fondled her naked breasts in 2013 while they filmed the music video that would launch her to fame.
“Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger’s hands cupping my bare breasts from behind. I instinctively moved away, looking back at Robin Thicke,” she noted in the book.
Robin was reportedly drunk during filming.