Emily Ratajkowski makes candid admission about sex with ex-husband after birth of son
Emily Ratajkowski has penned a candid essay about the realities of motherhood, which includes some brutally honest admissions about her sex life following the birth of her son.
While many are quick to assume celebrities live out their lives of luxury with no worries or challenges, it seems that even the most rich and famous face hardships - especially when it comes to parenthood.
Model Emily Ratajkowski became a mum back in 2021 with her then-husband, Sebastian Bear-McClard, following a whirlwind romance which saw the pair get married in 2018 after just weeks of knowing eachother.
Though they happily welcomed their son, Sylvester Apollo Bear, things just weren't meant to be as they announced their split and impending divorce in 2022.
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Now, after navigating life as a single mum for four and a half years, Ratajkowski has written an honest essay for The Cut, describing how her sex life and marriage 'collapsed' in the wake of Sylvester's arrival.
'My husband and I stopped having sex... Less than a year later, we separated'
After going into detail about the trauma from his birth, which saw her 'rip the muscle between my ass and my vagina', Ratajkowski spoke of the 'violent transition into a new reality of screaming baby on my aching t*t and ring on my swollen finger'.
"In a time period that felt both instant and excruciatingly slow, my marriage collapsed," she wrote.
"Six months after my son was born, my husband and I stopped having sex. Less than a year later, we separated."
At the time of their split, sources close to the pair claimed Bear-McClard had cheated on the actress, with one telling Page Six: "He cheated. He’s a serial cheater. It’s gross. He’s a dog."
Neither Bear-McClard or Ratajkowski spoke on these rumours, however.
'It was crucial to avoid becoming a single mom'
In her new essay, Ratajkowski went on: "I hated the condescending way people looked at me in the wake of my breakup. Their furrowed brows, the pity in their faces as they delivered an 'I’m so sorry, Emily'.
"I couldn’t stand my pathetic reflection in their eyes. They saw me as someone who was unwanted, who had been left. A reject with the burden of a needy, hungry, two-foot-tall sidekick."
She spoke of how even as a kid, she 'reasoned that of all the things I could grow up to be, it was crucial to avoid becoming a single mom'.
"The term itself could be lodged as an insult. Having a child with the wrong man was the fastest way to ruin your life as a woman - it meant having no freedom, no choices, no emergency exit. All baggage and no security."
'F**king my way into a new kind of woman'
Ratajkowski admitted she'd never had a one-night stand before her divorce, saying that she thought keeping her body count low was 'insurance'.
"I thought it meant no one would ever cheat on me, that I’d always be loved, happy, and safe," she wrote. "I didn’t f**k anyone I wasn’t pretty sure would fall in love with me because I wanted to be precious."
In the time that has passed since she gained her single mum status, Ratajkowski has learned to embrace this new chapter of her life and has decided to 'f**k my way into a new kind of woman', with her candidly describing her dating antics in New York.
This has included two DJs, a vegan graffiti artist with 'impeccable posture', a chef who thought he might have chlamydia, a Spanish Gen-Zer who couldn’t stop sending nudes, a heavily self-medicated son of a billionaire with questionable politics, and several Italians.
Topics: Celebrity News, Sex and Relationships, Parenting, Emily Ratajkowski
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