Emily Ratajkowski just got the worst 'bad haircut' we've ever seen

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Beauty Crew Beauty Editor / March 26 2025

Emily Ratajkowski is one of the most beautiful women in the world. Fact: You ask any man who his celebrity crush is, and she will always take the title, or at the very least rank within his top three.

Part of her girl next door charm is the Kérastase ambassador's signature effortless brunette blowout, which has evolved over time to reflect the trends of the day (read: her caramel balayage and side fringe eras). Her hairstylist Christian Wood has even developed a pretty involved night time hair ritual for the model, when she has a big photoshoot the next day. 

However, that doesn't mean she's too glamorous to be immune to the kind of nightmarish hair experiences that are usually relegated to the rest of the general population.

In fact, the model just shared a horrifying story with her TikTok followers about a recent on-set haircut gone wrong, which left her with layers that look like they could have been cut by her three year old son.

"Story time? Yes, I have a filter on, because I have the worst haircut of my life and I need to feel pretty," the model said in the video, using her hand to shield the worst of it. That is until the camera cuts and Ratajkowski reappears, but this time with a mop of lash-grazing hair plastered to her forehead.

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"Oh, you thought I was gonna be funny? Like, I have bangs on the back of my head," she said, twiddling a strand. "Is it giving member of the dare? Or is it giving Karen O? Is it giving? Is it giving Italian?"

"What's that? What's that?," she questioned as she pulled a precariously short strand of hair out from the side of her head. "The very nice man who did this to me — I think he was going [for] British shag."

"The main thing is it's not me, you know?," she explained to her followers. "Shocking. shocking."

"You know, I can hide it [behind my ears], but, like, the wind hits and... b**ch," Ratajkowski joked. 

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One of her followers recommended she should pin it back or curl it to make it look more bouncy, which she did to no avail.

"So I'm gonna be real. It's beyond styling, you know?," Ratajkowski said in response. "I mean, she's cute. I don't know her. I don't know her. You know, you f**ked up when you're contemplating a perm."

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After giving up on the idea of it ever looking good, the model decided to make the best of a bad situation and used the opportunity to deliver Claire's hilarious hair cut rant from Fleabag

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Unfortunately, not even baby bangs can save Ratajkowski now — they've been dubbed one of the worst beauty trends of the year.

Main image credit: Getty Images

Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).