Emily Ratajkowski Says She ‘Feels Bad’ for Olivia Wilde After Paparazzi Caught Her Kissing Harry Styles
The model was photographed smooching the pop star in March.
Emily Ratajkowski has broken her silence about her kiss with Harry Styles.
In an interview with Vogue Spain (translated by Parade), the model was asked what she thought about the narrative surrounding the makeout session in Tokyo, where the media alleged that Styles' ex Olivia Wilde was now feuding with Ratajkowski over the incident.
She responded that she "feels bad" for Wilde because the actress has had to deal with the media prying into her private life and trying to vilify her on multiple occasions.
Ratajkowski asserted that the feud rumors are completely false, describing the gossip as an unfortunate situation. She also added that it's "very bizarre to have certain experiences, and then have the whole world know about them and comment."
She continued, "I'm just someone who's gone from being in a relationship of three years to one of four [years], so this is the first instance in a long time that I'm in my dating phase. The fixation on this side of my life is really strange. It's not that it surprises me, but it's such a small fraction of my life."
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The model said the biggest parts of her life at the moment are her son and her work, but she acknowledged that those aspects of herself don't inspire eye-catching headlines, which surely plays into the fact that what worries her the most about fame is her son's wellbeing.
"It's complex explaining to him what our relationship is with paparazzi," she explained. "I don't want him to fear them. But, at the same time, he has to know they are not our friends. If something were to happen to him, [the paparazzi] wouldn't run to protect him. They would surely take a picture before."
Ratajkowski announced her split from ex-husband Sebastian Bear-McClard last summer. Before kissing Styles, she was briefly attached to comedian Eric André, but hinted on TikTok that their relationship was merely a friends-with-benefits situation that has since ended.
