Emily Ratajkowski Says She's 'Enjoying The Freedom' Of Being Single And Unfiltered

Emily Ratajkowski got candid about her newfound sense of "freedom" in being single and unfiltered on social media.

Ratajkowksi, 31, revealed in a new interview with Variety that she is "newly single for basically the first time in my life ever."

"And I just feel like I'm kind of enjoying the freedom of not being super worried about how I'm being perceived," she added.

The actress and model's comment came weeks after she filed for divorce from estranged husband Sebastian Bear-McClard, whom she married during a civil ceremony in New York City in February 2018. They share a 19-month-old son, Sylvester.

Ratajkowski has since been romantically linked to Brad Pitt, which has led to her being the subject of various tabloid reports in recent weeks.

While she did not confirm or deny the dating rumors during her latest interview, the model appeared to be unbothered by the speculations about her love life.

"One of the things I write about in the last essay of the book is about control and kind of understanding that one of the best ways to actually be happy and have some semblance of control is letting go," Ratajkowski told Variety, referring to "My Body," her book of essays that was published in No­vember 2021.

The model also opened up about her fondness for TikTok, where she said she can be honest and upfront due to its "unfiltered" nature.

"I enjoy vulnerability and radical honesty, so TikTok is a perfect medium for that," she told the magazine.

Unlike Instagram, which she sees as part of her job, and Twitter, which she described as a site of "weird, corny men saying weird, scary things," Ratajkowski said she has more fun on TikTok. On the platform, she's posted videos of herself dancing with her son and answered the question, "if you identify as bisexual, do you own a green velvet couch?"

The model has also used her TikTok account to weigh in on some issues involving Hollywood stars such as Adam Levine, who was accused in September by an Instagram model of having an affair with her while married to his wife Behati Prinsloo. At the time, Ratajkowski posted a pair of TikToks after seeing many social media users blaming the model instead of Levine.

"I don't understand why we continue to blame women for men's mistakes, especially when you are talking about 20-something-year-old women dealing with men in position and power, who are twice their age; the power dynamic is so skewed. It's ridiculous, it's predatory, it's manipulative," she said in the TikTok videos.

In her interview with Variety, Ratajkowski clarified that the videos weren't really about Levine.

"It wasn't honestly about Adam Levine," she insisted. "I just responded to this woman talking about how women need to change and adjust as preparation for men's behavior, which is something I've been talking and writing about for a long time. Like, this 'Boys will be boys' attitude that women have? We have to do better."

Ratajkowski is gearing up for the release of her new podcast, "High Low With EmRata," which she described to Variety as "'Call Her Daddy' meets 'Fresh Air.'"

The podcast kicks off on Nov. 1 on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Episodes will roll out twice a week.