Emily Ratajkowski’s Candid Quotes About Sex, Dating and Relationships Through the Years

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Emily Ratajkowski's Candid Quotes About Sex, Dating and Relationships Through the Years

Living her life — and spilling the tea! Emily Ratajkowski has unapologetically been candid about her love life through the years.

“I feel lucky that I can wear what I want, sleep with who I want, and dance how I want and still be a feminist,” the supermodel quipped to Cosmopolitan in October 2014. “It means a lot to me to be on Cosmo’s cover because it’s a marriage of being a sexual individual but also being sophisticated and empowered.”

Ratajkowski rose to fame as a model in 2010, dropping out of UCLA to pursue her career full-time. The London-born star quickly landed a guest role on Nickelodeon’s iCarly and a starring role in Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” music video. After earning major magazine covers and catwalk appearances, Ratajkowski continued pursuing acting, scoring a role in 2014’s Gone Girl.

Amid her big-screen success, the I Feel Pretty star’s love life has also made headlines through the years. Ratajkowski was linked to Andrew Dryden and Jeff Magid before she secretly wed Sebastian Bear-McClard in February 2018, several weeks after debuting their relationship on social media.

Us Weekly confirmed in September 2022 that My Body author — who welcomed son Sylvester in March 2021 with Bear-McClard — had filed for divorce after four years of marriage amid allegations that the film producer had been unfaithful. (Bear-McClard has not addressed the claims.)

During her divorce, Ratajkowski has been open about navigating the dating scene once more.

“It’s very bizarre to have certain experiences and then have the whole world know about them and comment on them. I’m just a person who’s gone from a three-year relationship to a four-year relationship,” the We Are Your Friends actress confessed to Spanish Vogue in April 2023. “So this is the first time in a long time that I’ve been in a dating stage.”

She continued: “The interest there is in that particular area is very strange. Not that I’m surprised, but it’s a tiny slice of my life. Most of my life is focused on my son and my work.”

Ratajkowski has been linked to Brad Pitt, Pete Davidson, Eric André and Harry Styles following her breakup from Bear-McClard. The “High/Low” podcaster and the “As It Was” crooner were spotted making out in Tokyo in March 2023.

“Harry has always been very attracted to Emily,” a source exclusively told Us at the time, noting that Ratajkowski wasn’t looking to rush into a long-term relationship. “Emily isn’t looking for anything serious. She’s just trying to live her best single life and have fun.”

Scroll below to read Ratajkowski’s most candid quotes about sex, dating and relationships:

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Emily Ratajkowski's Candid Quotes About Sex, Dating and Relationships Through the Years

Living her life — and spilling the tea! Emily Ratajkowski has unapologetically been candid about her love life through the years.

“I feel lucky that I can wear what I want, sleep with who I want, and dance how I want and still be a feminist,” the supermodel quipped to Cosmopolitan in October 2014. “It means a lot to me to be on Cosmo’s cover because it’s a marriage of being a sexual individual but also being sophisticated and empowered.”

Ratajkowski rose to fame as a model in 2010, dropping out of UCLA to pursue her career full-time. The London-born star quickly landed a guest role on Nickelodeon’s iCarly and a starring role in Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” music video. After earning major magazine covers and catwalk appearances, Ratajkowski continued pursuing acting, scoring a role in 2014’s Gone Girl.

Amid her big-screen success, the I Feel Pretty star’s love life has also made headlines through the years. Ratajkowski was linked to Andrew Dryden and Jeff Magid before she secretly wed Sebastian Bear-McClard in February 2018, several weeks after debuting their relationship on social media.

Us Weekly confirmed in September 2022 that My Body author — who welcomed son Sylvester in March 2021 with Bear-McClard — had filed for divorce after four years of marriage amid allegations that the film producer had been unfaithful. (Bear-McClard has not addressed the claims.)

During her divorce, Ratajkowski has been open about navigating the dating scene once more.

“It’s very bizarre to have certain experiences and then have the whole world know about them and comment on them. I’m just a person who’s gone from a three-year relationship to a four-year relationship,” the We Are Your Friends actress confessed to Spanish Vogue in April 2023. “So this is the first time in a long time that I’ve been in a dating stage.”

She continued: “The interest there is in that particular area is very strange. Not that I’m surprised, but it’s a tiny slice of my life. Most of my life is focused on my son and my work.”

Ratajkowski has been linked to Brad Pitt, Pete Davidson, Eric André and Harry Styles following her breakup from Bear-McClard. The “High/Low” podcaster and the “As It Was” crooner were spotted making out in Tokyo in March 2023.

“Harry has always been very attracted to Emily,” a source exclusively told Us at the time, noting that Ratajkowski wasn’t looking to rush into a long-term relationship. “Emily isn’t looking for anything serious. She’s just trying to live her best single life and have fun.”

Scroll below to read Ratajkowski’s most candid quotes about sex, dating and relationships:

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October 2014

The Easy alum opened up to Cosmo that she felt “lucky” that she could “sleep with who I want” and still call herself a feminist, noting her mother taught her to feel proud of her sexuality.

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April 2018

“He proposed to me at Minetta Tavern and he didn’t have a ring, so I was like mmm, nah,” Ratajkowski recalled of Bear-McClard’s nontraditional proposal, which she initially turned down, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “And then he took the paper clip that the bill was paid with and made me a ring, which I actually thought was really romantic.”

The pair — who wed in a low-key courthouse ceremony — also opted for unique wedding bands. The actress told Fallon at the time that they crafted their own rings.

“We came into his studio after hours and we like actually hammered them out, the whole thing, used a little blow torch,” Ratajkowski said of the Israeli jewelry designer they worked with. “They were supposed to be temporary rings but now I’m very attached and I really don’t want to get rid of it. And I just feel like, making it yourself, could you be more personal?”

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November 2021

“I’ve always been really weird, and I write about this in [my] book, like, powerful men, I’ve never been into,” she told Howard Stern on his eponymous radio show. “For some reason, I always get really turned off about that. I think I have a strange relationship with it.”

She added: “Famous men who’ve pursued me, I’m almost, like, ‘Oh, God.’ I also have to say, actors … they’re a very specific type of dude, but I don’t know, something about it just doesn’t work for me.”

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October 2022

“I’ve been thinking about this a lot because it speaks so much to power dynamics and sex on the first date is the ultimate example of that,” Ratajkowski said during an episode of her podcast. “Because you’re dealing with gender dynamics in such a specific little vacuum of a moment. I think If you’re not ready to be vulnerable, that is a reason not to have sex on the first date.”

She continued, “I still hate when I feel like there’s a part of them that feels like, ‘Yeah, I hit that’ kind of vibe. Even if they’re not the kind of guy who would say that out loud but you can just feel it. That’s a reason not to sleep with a man.”

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January 2023

The iCarly alum revealed on a January episode of her podcast that she kept her wedding ring from Bear-McClard because she loves a “divorce story.” She added: “I don’t think divorce is a sad thing. … Every time I hear a divorce story or when I see the news, I have to remind myself, ‘Oh that’s sad.’ I literally say to people, ‘Good for you.’"

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January 2023

After her brief fling with Davidson, Ratajkowski revealed why she was fed up with dating men. “They’re like, ‘OK, yes, you’re special. You’ve done it.’ And they love it and love it, and then slowly they get emasculated and … don’t know what to do with those feelings, and then they resent you,” she confessed on her podcast. “They start to tear you down, and then you’re back to square one. And it’s so f—ked up and unfair, because I feel like a lot of men who truly think they want a strong woman actually don’t know how to handle it and … what it means for their own identity.”

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April 2023

“I like somebody who’s very independent,” the Entourage alum said of her type on the “Going Mental With Eileen Kelly” podcast. “I’m hoping that dating somebody who has more of their own confidence and life will help with preventing [resentment]. I look for good-hearted people, people who are thoughtful, people who have good politics. I like people who are funny. Similar interests is important, for sure.”

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April 2023

During an appearance on Julia Fox’s “Forbidden Fruits” podcast, Ratajkowski revealed that sex is “very relaxing for me” as an outlet and a form of expression. “You learn so much about people by having sex with them, it’s crazy. I’ve learned that from dating,” she said. “The thing about dating is you don’t know what you’re going to get when you sleep with someone new.” 

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April 2023

The New York resident revealed to Spanish Vogue that frequent interest in her dating life is “strange” to comprehend amid her life in the spotlight.

“I didn’t expect this to happen,” Ratajkowski said at the time. “I think, in general, there’s a reason certain celebrities live in [Los Angeles], hire security, don’t go to public restaurants. … So the idea of giving [my freedom] up for the sake of privacy is something I haven’t considered yet.”

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May 2023

Ratajkowski came out as bisexual in November 2022, nearly two months after filing for divorce from Bear-McClard. Since then, she’s been candid about the possibility of dating a woman.

“[I’m] waiting for the right one to come along,” she told Elle. “I’ve always been someone who’s more attracted to vibe than specifics of physicality so sometimes it’ll just randomly hit me, and I’ll be like, ‘Whoa, I’m attracted to this person!'”