Emily Ratajkowksi has asked a comedian to stop mimicking her photos.
Ratajkowski, 33, is a model and actress who rose to fame with her part on the popular Nickelodeon series iCarly.
She’s since had major movie roles in Gone Girl and We Are Your Friends.
If you don’t know Ratajkowski from her appearance in films, you may recognize her from Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’ music video for ‘Blurred Lines.’
But arguably, the I Feel Pretty star is becoming just as famous for her racy Instagram photos – which have been imitated by a comedian.
While some may find the recreations hilarious, it appears to have rattled Ratajkowski’s cage, as she’s asked the content creator to 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.
Barber said on the Fitzy and Wippa radio show (per Yahoo): “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 spoken about how she believes her looks have held her back professionally.
She told 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 discussed 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 why she objected, concluding: “We really love to pick on female influencers like they are considered the trash, lamest, most cringe, most embarrassing people on the planet.
“I fundamentally find that to be sexist. Yeah, no s*** women want to be influencers – it’s one of the ways that women have learned to be successful and make money. They’re hustling.”
Barber has responded to the 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.”
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Hailey Okula Has Died Aged 33
Influencer Hailey Okula has tragically died aged 33.
Okula was an ER nurse known online as Nurse Hailey, with a following of nearly one million.
The 33-year-old amassed a loyal following as she documented her life as an ER nurse and shared vulnerable content about her infertility and journey with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Okula founded RN New Grads in 2019 to support newly graduated nurses, providing information about finding work and starting a nursing career.
After hearing the devastating news of the 33-year-old’s passing, tributes are pouring in from fans.
One follower says: “I’m heartbroken. Sending all my love to you and your family.”
Another adds: “She was my nurse during one of my toughest hospitalizations. I’ll never forget her kindness and quick help.”
“This has left so many of us shattered. The impact Hailey made in everyone’s life shows. We love you so much,” a third types.
“Absolutely devastating,” a fourth replies. “She helped me and so many other people through the trenches of nursing school. I am so sorry!”
In September, Okula announced she was expecting her first child with her LAFD Firefighter husband Matthew: “Being able to say that we are pregnant is indescribable.
“From my infertility problems to my husband’s infertility problems, to us having to create a special probe because we both carry the same genetic disease, lots of meds and lots of money, the journey has been hard but so worth it.”
Tragically, Matthew announced the death of his wife on Instagram. The heartbreaking post reads: “It is with the heaviest of heart that I share the devastating news of the unexpected passing of my beautiful wife, Hailey Marie Okula.
“Words cannot convey the depth of the loss I feel. Hailey was more than I could have ever dreamed of in a wife and partner. She was gorgeous, smart, hardworking, passionate, trustworthy, and above all else, unbelievably loyal.
“For nearly 13 years, she stood by my side in the hardest of times, loving me endlessly, even when I felt undeserving of that love. She was my everything.”
Okula suffered a cardiac arrest caused by an amniotic fluid embolism shortly after giving birth to her son, Crew.
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but life-threatening obstetric emergency where amniotic fluid, containing fetal cells and debris, enters the mother’s bloodstream, triggering a severe, often fatal, reaction, as per Cleveland Clinic.
Matthew spoke with Fox 11 Los Angeles about the devastating last moments with Okula.
He said they’d shared a tender moment right after their son’s birth; they laughed slightly, and Okula shed a tear.
Matthew left the room as the doctors went to clean her up.
“A minute later, the doctor comes in and lets me know that they’re doing CPR on her,” he added. “I’m making the decision, am I going to the ICU with my wife or am I staying with my newborn, little baby—not a decision we thought I would be making.
“There’s no treatment. There’s no way of diagnosing it.”
Matthew wrote to social media that although her time was cut short, her love for her baby was ‘limitless’ and she would have been the ‘most amazing mother.’
A GoFundMe has been set up to support Matthew through this devastating time. Click here to contribute.
Okula is survived by her husband, Matthew, and their son Crew.
