Mona KuhnThere's nothing like experiencing the great outdoors on horseback...naked.
Emily Ratajkowski appears in the August issue of Harper's Bazaar doing exactly that—horseback riding in some unknown mountain range while 100 percent naked. With her long tresses covering all the private places, Ratajkowski looks gorgeous atop her horse. Don't be mistaken, though; she isn't naked just for naked's sake.
The model has taken a strong stance on nudity, having defended Kim Kardashian's infamous naked selfie in the past. Now she's explaining why she's not only comfortable with nudity but also empowered by it. "The world should not be exclusive of the ideal body. It has to include all ideals, all bodies. The whole idea is that when Kim takes a nude selfie, she's just seeking attention," she tells the magazine. "That's not the issue. A woman can be seeking attention and also make a statement. They don't need to be mutually exclusive."
What confuses her, however, is the double standard women are held to when it comes to taking ownership of their sexuality. "You know, when Lena Dunham takes her clothes off, she gets flack, but it's also considered brave; when Justin Bieber takes off his shirt, he's a grown up," she explains. "But when a woman who is sexual takes off her top, it plays into something."
Although her Harper's Bazaar spread adds to her interview's message, newsman Piers Morgan wasn't too happy about the photos. The former CNN broadcaster took to Twitter to comment on Ratajkowski's photos, tweeting at her, "Do you want me to buy you some clothes? You look freezing."
Not one to stay silent, the model fired back with a retort. "@piersmorgan thanks, but I don't need clothes as much as you need press."
This is hardly Morgan's first time making a comment about women posing nude. When Kim shared her naked selfie—the one that Ratajkowski defended—Morgan wrote an entire column about it and how "depressing" it was after also asking Kim if she wanted him to buy her clothes.
"I know the old man's $50 million in debt, Kim - but this is absurd," he tweeted at Kim. "Want me to buy you some clothes?"
In the column, Morgan wrote, "She still looks fantastic, and of course has every right to post as many naked pictures as she likes. It's her body, her life," he wrote, "but it's hard to escape the creeping suspicion that this new frenzied and frankly rather desperate attempt to 'break the internet' is happening because other younger members of her family have been grabbing all the scantily-clad attention recently, notably half-sister 20-year-old Kendall 'Instagram Queen' Jenner."
Kim took to Twitter to respond to those who criticized her, calling out Chloë Grace Moretz, Bette Midler and more.