Emily Atack insists she will continue to flaunt her figure despite her critics trends now
Emily Atack has insisted she will continue to be sexy and flaunt her figure - despite her critics and the harassment she has faced online from men.
The actress, 33, who had her breakthrough role in The Inbetweeners as Charlotte Hinchliffe, said she has come to rely on being a pin-up, even though she never initally set out to be one.
Emily says she loves her 'big boobs' and blonde hair after years of being constantly asked to change, with past managers advising her to dye her hair brown so that she will be 'taken more seriously'.
Not changing: Emily Atack has insisted that she will continue to be sexy and flaunt her figure despite her critics and the harassment she has faced online from men
In an new interview, Emily said she went through puberty earlier than others and her curves are became something she is quite proud of.
'I used that to my advantage in terms of owning who I was a bit more, I'm not trying to be a sexy pin-up going, "Hey boys, here I am". But I’m single as well, I’m on the dating scene – so that’s up to me,' she told the Daily Star.
'Feeling sexy to me has become something I've relied on – it's my little support blanket. I grew boobs before everybody else, I got my period before everybody else, and I used that to my advantage in terms of owning who I was a bit more.
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'I was kind of like, "OK, well this is who I am, I’m the girl with the boobs and the long hair". There was a sense that I was quite proud of that.'
Emily explained that she never flaunts her curves for sexual reasons, which has been hard for some people to comprehend and that she was just enjoying building her career, celebrating her youth and her body.
The star also said she has had conversations with her mother Kate Robbins about how things have changed because she wants her to cover up to protect herself.
Her words come after the actress spoke out about the barrage of explicit messages she receives on a daily basis in the first trailer for her new BBC Two show Emily Atack: Asking For It?
Emily has had to put up with online sexual harrassment since her teens and in the trailer and admitted she is 'nervous' about going public with them.
The comedian admitted she sometimes worries if the messages are 'her fault' because she
