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Emily Ratajkowski attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emily Ratajkowski<\/a> is many things \u2013 a mother, a\u00a0model<\/a>, a best-selling author, an entrepreneur and the host of the High\/Low with EmRata<\/em><\/a> podcast. She also has been an actress and landed multiple high-profile roles until she stepped away from the profession. So what happened? Ratajkowski breaks down what caused her to quit.<\/p>\n

The star recently sat down with The Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> in an in-depth interview and explained that a big reason she quit acting is because she\u2019s found herself less willing to put herself in positions where she is exposed to the \u201cpower dynamics and the power that is held by boys clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n

After starring in her breakout role in David Fincher\u2019s Gone Girl<\/em>, Ratajkowski and her team were committed to finding roles that proved she was \u201cserious actress with longevity.\u201d She acted in We Are Your Friends<\/em> with Zac Efron<\/a>, I Feel Pretty<\/em> with Amy Schumer<\/a> and Easy <\/em>with Marc Maron to name a few.<\/p>\n

But by early 2020, Ratajkowski no longer felt the need to make herself \u201cdigestible to powerful men.” She fired her acting agent, commercial rep and manager. Ratajkowski went on to say that she didn\u2019t trust them. \u201cI was like, \u2018I can handle receiving phone calls. I\u2019m gonna make these decisions. None of you have my best interest at heart. And you all hate women,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “We Are Your Friends” at TCL Chinese Theatre on August 20, 2015 in Hollywood, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t feel like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m an artist performing and this is my outlet,\u2019\u201d she explained. \u201cI felt like a piece of meat who people were judging, saying, \u2018Does she have anything else other than her [breasts]?\u201d<\/p>\n

The last audition Ratajkowski went for was the 2022 Academy Award-nominated film Triangle of Sadness<\/em>. The role eventually went to Charlbi Dean Kriek, who unexpectedly passed away in August 2022 at the age of 32.<\/p>\n

In her interview, the star noted the dark underbelly of the film industry that allowed for sexual predators such as Harvey Weinstein<\/a> to thrive and continue their brutalization of women is ever-present. On March 29, sexual misconduct allegations were levied against Ratajkowski\u2019s estranged husband<\/a>, Uncut Gems<\/em> producer Sebastian Bear-McClard. In statements obtained by Variety<\/em><\/a>, three women have accused the filmmaker of \u201cgrooming\u201d and nonconsensual sex.<\/p>\n

Ratajkowski filed for divorce from Bear-McClard in the Manhattan Supreme Court<\/a>, and the two are currently involved in a custody battle for their 2-year-old son Slyvester Apollo Bear<\/a>. The producer is also in private mediation with the Safdie brothers, who fired Bear-McClard from their shared production company, Elara Pictures<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31863,"featured_media":74494,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,3324,16],"yoast_head":"\nEmily Ratajkowski Explains Why She Quit Acting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emily Ratajkowski is a model, best-selling author, podcaster, and as of recently, a successful actress. 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