Emily Ratajkowski said she didn't expect her Harry Styles kiss to go viral and the attention around her love life is 'bizarre'

• Emily Ratajkowski spoke to Vogue Spain in an interview published on Thursday. 
• Ratajkowksi addressed speculation about her love life, including her viral kiss with Harry Styles.
• The video went viral after Styles previously dated Olivia Wilde, and Ratajkowksi was linked to Eric André. 

Emily Ratajkowksi said she didn't realize the viral video of her kissing Harry Styles would cause such a stir, calling the attention around her romances "bizarre."

Ratajkowski shared her thoughts in an interview with Vogue Spain published Thursday, nearly one month after she and Styles were spotted kissing in Tokyo, Japan.

The video surfaced after Ratajkowksi split from Eric André in February and Styles' relationship with Olivia Wilde ended in November 2022. 

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Regarding her kiss with Styles, Ratajkowksi said she didn't realize the moment would garner so much attention.

"I didn't expect this to happen [in relation to the video leak], but I think, in general, there's a reason certain celebrities live in LA, hire security, don't go to public restaurants," Ratajkowksi told the outlet, according to a translation.

She told the outlet that she's strived to have freedom, so "the idea of giving it up for the sake of privacy is something I haven't considered yet." 

When asked how it felt for her relationships to take center stage in the public sphere, she said she hasn't gotten used to it.

"It's very bizarre to have certain experiences and then have the whole world know about them and comment on them. I'm just a person who's gone from a three-year relationship to a four-year relationship, so this is the first time in a long time that I've been in a dating stage," Ratajkowski told Vogue Spain. "The interest there is in that particular area is very strange. Not that I'm surprised, but it's a tiny slice of my life.

Ratajkowski added that she's mostly focused on her son and her career, but "these issues don't inspire the same flashy headlines."

In the same interview, she sympathized with Olivia Wilde, who she said was slut-shamed by fans during her relationship with Styles. 

"I feel bad for Olivia, because she has had to suffer this situation on several occasions," Ratajkowksi said.