Emily Ratajkowski has lived her life in the spotlight since her career first took off in 2012. She first rose to fame thanks to her appearance in Robin Thicke's music video for "Blurred Lines", but since then she has become much more than just "the girl from that video." In the years since she rose to fame, she has become a world-famous model, a successful actor, and a mother. This fall, she can add a new job title to her resume: published author.
During the 2020 quarantine, it was reported that Ratajkowski was working on a book of essays about her life, and that book – titled My Body – finally came out this fall. She has long been known to be an avid reader, so it's not totally surprising that she decided to take a stab at writing a book. That being said, there aren't too many famous models who are also talented writers, so this book has been the subject of quite a lot of press since it's release. The media has particularly focused on the several stories in the book about her childhood, which has got fans wondeing just how well Emily Ratajkowski really gets along with her family. Here is what we know about her relationship with her mother, her father, her husband, and even her new baby.
- 7 She Is An Only Child
- 6 Her Parents Relied On Her After Their Fights
- 5 Her Mother Gave Her A Complicated Relationship With Beauty
- 4 Her Father Also Cared A Lot About Her Looks
- 3 She Married Her Husband Sebastian Bear-McClard After Only A Few Weeks
- 2 She Didn't Tell Her Parents She Was Getting Married
- 1 She Has Been Mom-Shamed On The Internet
7 She Is An Only Child
Emily Ratajkowski was born to parents John David Ratajkowski and Kathleen Anne Balgley in 1991. She does not have any brothers or sisters. Unfortunately, having her parents' undivided attention was not always a good thing for Ratajkowski growing up . According to her new book Ratajkowski's parents had a difficult marriage and were often fighting with each other. Even worse, they were often involving young Emily in their fights, and she says she often felt like she was responsible for keeping them together.
6 Her Parents Relied On Her After Their Fights
In My Body, Ratajkowski describes that after her parents would have a fight, one of them would always come to her to talk about it, either to "plead their case or to air their grievances." She says she was always a good listener, but that after the fact these conversations would always make her feel uneasy.
5 Her Mother Gave Her A Complicated Relationship With Beauty
Emily Ratajkowski began modelling professionally in her teenage years, so clearly her looks have always been important to her. However, she also feels like she has a very complicated relationship to her own appearance, which is completely understandable for someone who has been sexualized by the media from such a young age.
When Ratajkowski first started modelling, her proud mother put "a sexy photo of Ratajkowski on the kitchen counter," which made Ratajkowski feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. That story is emblematic of how her mother always places too much emphasis on Emily's looks and not enough on her other qualities.
4 Her Father Also Cared A Lot About Her Looks
While she focuses on her mother when it comes to the topic of beauty, Emily Ratajkowski believes her father also contributed to her strange relationship to appearances. She wrote in her book that "it seemed important to them both... that their daughter be perceived as beautiful." In the same book, she also tells a story about when, "her father, a high school art teacher, had proudly displayed her modelling “comp” card, which included her headshots and measurements, in his classroom."
3 She Married Her Husband Sebastian Bear-McClard After Only A Few Weeks
From an outsider's perspective, it definitel seems like Emily Ratajkowski has a strong and healthy relationship with her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard. While some might say that their decision to get married at a courthouse after only a few weeks of dating was rash, the couple has clearly proved their doubters wrong. Not only are they still happily married to this day, but they welcomed a child together two years after their wedding.
2 She Didn't Tell Her Parents She Was Getting Married
Her wedding was a minimal and spontaneous affair, so we shouldn't read too much into the fact that Ratajkowski didn't tell her parents about it until after the cermony was over. After all she did FaceTime with them immediately afterwards to share the good news. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she told the story of how she finally informed her parents "I had to FaceTime to my parents and by then I had several glasses of champagne. I was like: ‘Here we go!’”
1 She Has Been Mom-Shamed On The Internet
While Emily Ratajkowski's son Sylvester Apollo Bear is still very young, it seems like the model has an excellent relationship with her child. By all accounts, she is a loving and hardworking mother to little Sylvester. That being said, she has faced her fair share of criticism from those who have problems with her mothering skills. On one occasion, several fans called her out for the unsafe way she seemed to be holding her baby in an Instagram post. Another time, she was called out by Robin Thicke's fiancé April Love Geary for walking back on some comments she made about her son's gender identity.
