“I didn’t have any real power as the naked girl dancing around in his music video.
I was nothing more than the hired mannequin.”
Thicke’s song, which also features Pharrell and T.I., has long faced accusations of promoting rape culture.
The man himself admitted it was problematic in an interview with theNew York Post.
“You won’t see me making any videos like that ever again!”
Pharrell, meanwhile, toldGQhe was embarrassed by the song.
However, a new excerpt from Ratajkowski’s book suggests that she was sexualized from a shockingly young age.
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Visit theRape, Abuse & Incest National connection websiteor contact RAINN’s National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
At 14, Ratajkowski started modeling, which made her parents immensely proud.
“It doesn’t represent you anymore,” her mother responded.
But she tellingly added: “You’re more beautiful than that now.”
