Emily Ratajkowski, the model and actor who became famous after starring in the video for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’s controversial hit Blurred Lines in 2013, has called the video the “bane of my existence”.
In an interview with InStyle magazine the model, who has since won roles in Gone Girl and EDM flick We Are Your Friends, said whenever “anyone comes up to me about Blurred Lines, I’m like, ‘Are we seriously talking about a video from three years ago?’”
The video, in which she appeared naked, and the song were accused of glorifying rape culture, and some clubs and university campuses banned it.
Ratajkowski also said she “wasn’t into the idea” of the video in the first place and that she thought that she “came off as a bit annoyed” in the video.
She added that she did not see why a “woman’s naked body is so controversial in our culture”.
“My mum taught me to never apologize for my sexuality,” she said.
“My dad never made me feel embarrassed. I also don’t think I’ve ever had an awareness of my own body as being super-sexual. It was always just my body.”
The song also was the subject of a legal battle with Marvin Gaye’s family being awarded $7.4m because of similarities between the hit and Gaye’s track Got to Give It Up.
