Emily Ratajkowski has revealed why she lost weight and how she was rewarded for it

Viral model Emily Ratajkowski has opened about her famous body — revealing the sad and “stressful” reality behind it.

Model Emily Ratajkowski has slammed her industry for booking her more after she lost weight.

Ratajkowski, 32, said a challenging period in her life led to her losing weight.

In 2021, she had her first child, and in 2022, she broke up with her producer husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard.

Em-Rata with her ex. Picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

She shared her pregnancy journey. Picture: Instagram/emrata

She hasn’t spoken about the divorce but she did share on The Going Mental Podcast that breaking up with her husband was tough.

“I had just had a child, so I really wanted to have that family, so it was especially hard for me to totally walk away,” she said.

She also told The Los Angeles Times she hadn’t spoken publicly about her divorce because she wanted to focus on her young son.

“I’m learning that outspoken women don’t often get their children,” she said.

There was plenty of upheaval in her personal life, and in the podcast, the model explained how it led to her losing weight.

“I had lost a tonne of weight after my son was born, and I could not regain the weight,” she said.

The star model has one son. Picture: Instagram

She has opened up about her weight. Picture: Instagram

The model explained that dropping so many kilos was “alarming” but, because she was so anxious, she found it hard to eat healthily and regain the much needed weight.

“I couldn’t enjoy food; it wasn’t about my body image. It was about my anxiety, and if I’m ever stressed, the first thing that happens is I stop eating. It’s just how my brain works,” she said.

Despite not feeling her best, she found being alarmingly skinny was helpful in her career as a model.

“I started walking more shows. I was getting booked for things that I hadn’t booked for before,” she said.

Ultimately, she explained that she didn’t “like being that skinny,” but she admitted that her industry rewarded her for it, which she dubbed a “scary” reality.

Ratajkowski’s social media pictures tend to break the internet. Source: Instagram

Ratajkowski is famous for constantly going viral on Instagram for her bikini snaps, and she was also one of the stars of Robin Thicke’s infamous video for his song ‘Blurred Lines.’

She’s also known for being incredibly outspoken about the complexities of being known for your body while defining yourself as a feminist.

“I used to really die on the word feminism; it was so important to me that I identified as a feminist, but I now kind of have evolved a little bit.

“Roxane Gay coined the term ‘bad feminist,’ so I guess I’ll just take that; I’m fine with it,” she told Forbes.