Emily Ratajkowski slammed new Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde for “fetishizing female pain, even in death.”
She posted a TikTok video decrying the Netflix movie starring Ana De Armas – while admitting she hasn’t seen it yet.
The 31-year-old, who recently left her allegedly unfaithful husband, argued that “anger” is harder to “fetishize,” declaring herself in her “B**** era.”
Not with him: Emily Ratajkowski slams new Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde for ‘fetishizing female pain, even in death’
Denunciation: She posted a TikTok video denouncing the Netflix film starring Ana De Armas – while admitting she hasn’t seen it yet
“So I’ve heard a lot about this Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde that I haven’t seen yet, but I’m not surprised to hear it’s another movie that fetishizes female pain, even in death,” Emily began her TikTok – monologue .
Her perspective appears to have been influenced by Blonde’s poor reviews, which have severely polarized critics, scoring 43% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Wall Street Journal called the film “a long road to sadness and a more than predictable tragedy,” the New York Times accused it of “exploiting Marilyn Monroe for old times’ sake,” and the New Yorker called it “ridiculously vulgar — the story of Monroe as if channeled through Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.’
Forward: The 31-year-old, who recently left her allegedly unfaithful husband, argued that ‘anger’ was harder to ‘fetishize’, thus declaring herself in her ‘B**** era’
Thinking about it: In a more thoughtful mode, she noted that “I can say for myself, as a woman, that I’ve learned to fetishize my own pain and pain in life.”
Slingshots and darts also came from overseas, with Australia’s News.com.au calling the film “two hours and 46 minutes of agony,” India’s NDTV dismissing it as “relentlessly desolate” and Ireland’s state broadcaster RTE saying, “The nearly three -Hour slog feels like another brutal layer of exploitation of the 20th century icon.’
Emily, who had evidently read the press surrounding the film, said: “We love to fetishize female pain. Look at Amy Winehouse, look at Britney Spears, look at how obsessed we are with Diana’s death, look at how we’re obsessed with dead girls and serial killers. Watch any CSI episode and it’s like this crazy fetishization of female pain and death.
In a more thoughtful mode, she remarked, “I mean, for me as a woman, it’s safe to say that I’ve learned to fetishize my own hurt and pain in life so that it feels like something that can be nurtured yeah, that’s kinda sexy, and like, you know, ‘I’m like, oh, shitty girl, whatever.’
Divisive: Her perspective appears to have been influenced by Blonde’s poor reviews, which has severely polarized critics, who scored 43% on Rotten Tomatoes
Emily, who has written a book of essays called My Body, in which she explores issues like her own sexualization, even when she’s in the public eye, said: “And I think we do that on a lot, many different ways, but I want that to change.”
She continued, “But I’ve been thinking about it and you know what’s hard to fetishize? Fury. Anger is hard to fetishize. So I have a suggestion. I think we all need to be a little more pissed off. I’ll be in my b**** era – 2022, baby, is my b**** era. That’s, I think we should all be in our b**** era.
The supermodel concluded: “So I’ll be upset if I see this movie, I already know it but it’s nothing new and yeah I just get angry.”
Directed by Andrew Dominik, the Netflix film caused a stir earlier this year when it was revealed that it was so explicit it had earned an NC-17 rating.
Sensation: Directed by Andrew Dominik, the Netflix film caused quite a stir earlier this year when it was revealed it was so explicit it had earned an NC-17 rating
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates, which chronicles the screen queen’s turbulent career and love life up until her death in 1962 at the age of 36.
Bond girl Ana De Armas has even garnered praise for her performance as Marilyn from some critics, who have expressed dislike for the film as a whole.
Emily’s announcement that she is entering her “B**** era” comes after she left her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard, a producer who works with the Safdie brothers.
They secretly married in 2018 after reportedly dating for just a few weeks, but Emily later confirmed that she had actually known the sizzling heartthrob for years.
Dead ringer: Bond girl Ana De Armas has even garnered praise for her performance as Marilyn from some critics, who have expressed dislike for the film as a whole
Sebastian and Emily welcomed their firstborn child Sylvester last year and celebrated his first birthday together this March. However, by June, Emily had stopped wearing her wedding ring in public and neglected to wish Sebastian a Happy Father’s Day on Instagram.
The following month, news broke that they had split, and a Page Six source said Sebastian had cheated. He’s a serial cheater. It’s disgusting. He’s a dog.”
Emily then added fuel to the suspicion this month by liking a tweet that read, “I can’t believe that little bugger cheated on Emrata.”
However, she has otherwise remained keenly private on the matter and has refrained from directly commenting on the split publicly.
Splitsville: Emily’s announcement that she is entering her “B**** era” comes after she left her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard, a producer who works with the Safdie brothers