Emily Ratajkowski Says She's Quit Acting: 'I Felt Like A Piece Of Meat'

Emily Ratajkowski may be turning her back on Hollywood for good. 

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Emily announced she’s quit acting, pointing to failed 2019 audition for the comedy Triangle of Sadness as a turning point.

“I didn’t feel like, ‘Oh, I’m an artist performing and this is my outlet,’” the model told the publication regarding her decision. “I felt like a piece of meat who people were judging, saying, ‘Does she have anything else other than her [breasts]?’”

After noting that she was tired of trying to make herself “digestible to powerful men in Hollywood,” Emily went on to reveal that she fired her acting agent, commercial rep and manager in early 2020. 

“I didn’t trust them,” she said. “I was like, ‘I can handle receiving phone calls. I’m gonna make these decisions. None of you have my best interest at heart. And you all hate women.’”

Emily first appeared on the big screen in 2014’s Gone Girl as Andie Fitzgerald, a student who is engaged in an affair with married professor Nick Dunne, played by Ben Affleck. 

Following that impressive debut, she said her team immediately began searching for roles that would establish her as a “serious actress with longevity”. She went on to appear alongside Zac Efron in We Are Your Friends and Amy Schumer in I Feel Pretty.

Still, box office success largely eluded Emily. Her last major role was in 2019’s Lying and Stealing, which also starred Theo James. As for Triangle Of Sadness, the role she once coveted ultimately went to Charlbi Dean, who died last year. 

Emily and her estranged husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard, have been embroiled in a custody dispute over their two-year-old son, Sylvester Apollo, since last autumn. The former couple split last year after about four years of marriage.

Last week, Variety published statements by multiple women who accused Bear-McClard, a film producer whose credits include Good Time and Uncut Gems, of sexual misconduct. 

To date, Emily has not commented publicly on the allegations leveled against her ex. In her Los Angeles Times interview, however, she hinted that the fracturing of her relationship may have impacted her decision to step away from acting. 

“Maybe that’s why right now I’m not really interested in men’s POVs,” she said. “Because they were lies. And I don’t mean infidelity. This is a fucked up world. Like, Hollywood is fucked up. And it’s dark.”