Emily Ratajkowski has asked a comedian to stop imitating her photos.
The 33-year-old model and actress, who gained fame with her role on the popular Nickelodeon series iCarly, has since starred in major films like Gone Girl and We Are Your Friends.
If you’re not familiar with her acting, you might recognize Ratajkowski from the iconic music video for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ hit song “Blurred Lines.”
However, the I Feel Pretty star is now just as famous for her bold Instagram photos, which have been mimicked by a comedian.
While some may find the imitations amusing, it seems the recreations have upset Ratajkowski, who has now requested that the content creator stop.
Celeste Barber, an Australian comedian, posted Ratajkowski imitations alongside other recreations of celebrity Insta posts.
She’s targeted big names with her signature brand of humor, including Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Bella Hadid.
Barber posted a bikini-clad snap in a Ratajkowski pose in 2021, alongside the caption: “We are sick of you objectifying our bodies! Also, here’s my a**.”
But it seems as though Ratajkowski isn’t keen on the satire.
Celeste Barber addressed the situation on the Fitzy and Wippa radio show (via Yahoo), saying, “I don’t think Emily is a fan. That’s okay, she’s allowed to not love it. But she blocked me.”
Ratajkowski has previously opened up about how she feels her appearance has hindered her career.
She shared with USA Today, “I’ve gone in for roles, and producers tell me I’m too pretty to play a role. That’s so crazy and frustrating. You can’t get a part because they’ve seen too many pictures of you being a model. It’s an industry, and people see what they’ve seen before. It takes a lot for someone to take a risk on you.”
The model also reflected on this in her book, My Body.
“It had never occurred to me that the women who gained their power from beauty were indebted to the men whose desire granted them that power in the first place,” Ratajkowski wrote, per the New York Post.
“Those men were the ones in control, not the women the world fawned over.”
Ratajkowski addressed the situation regarding Barber on her High Low with EmRata podcast.
“This whole drama with Celeste has been blown out of proportion. In general, I find her to be really funny. But, [the] message I was trying to send to her was, ‘I just don’t want you to do this to me anymore,’” she explained.
“[I want] to be able to do my thing, whether that be writing about my terrifying experiences in an industry that doesn’t protect women and young girls and femme-presenting people while also having a bathing suit line.”
She added: “I was like, I’m not giving her my consent for this joke anymore. It just landed at a specific time for me.”
Ratajkowski explained her objections, saying, “We really love to pick on female influencers, treating them like they’re the trashiest, lamest, most cringe-worthy, and embarrassing people on the planet.”
She continued, “I fundamentally find that to be sexist. Yeah, no s* women want to be influencers – it’s one of the ways women have learned to be successful and make money. They’re hustling.”**
Barber has since responded to the ongoing drama.
She told Marie Claire: “I like running my mouth off. I do it a lot. I’m quick-witted – it’s one of my favorite things about me.
“I don’t like that I feel I can’t do that as much, and yeah I do feel like I censor myself sometimes. But then other times I don’t give a f*** and I operate from a place of already being canceled.
“I mean good luck to them. You can’t win. They hate what you do one day, then you’re the greatest thing in the world the next day.”
