Woman Forced to Explain Why Men Were Being Creepy About Her

Following the release of nearly three million pages of documents from the Epstein Files, the phrase “in the files” quickly became shorthand for a degree of association to a sprawling network of alleged pedophiles and predators. The names span a jarring mix of power and celebrity, from Bill Gates and Bill Clinton to Chris Tucker and Stephen Hawking, and of course, Donald Trump. 

However, Gigi Hadid and her sister Bella also appeared in the files, in a creepy email chain between Epstein and a redacted name in 2015. Now, they’re being called to answer for the inappropriate comments other people made about them.

Last week, a commenter wrote on Gigi’s Instagram that they decided to unfollow her because she hadn’t publicly discussed her name appearing in the Epstein Files. Gigi responded in a now-deleted comment saying that seeing the 2015 email chain made her feel “sick to her stomach.”

“Horrible to read someone you’ve never met speak about you that way. Especially in this context,” she wrote. “Never in my life met the monster- to me it was so obvious, in that email chain, he tried to take responsibility of peoples careers in order to manipulate his victims. (in this case, whoever was emailing him questions about my career) .. who never saw the work he claimed he’d get them.”

Gigi Hadid respondeu um comentário em uma das suas últimas postagens no Instagram sobre seu nome citado nos arquivos Epstein. pic.twitter.com/WERUeLaZRc

— Gigi Hadid Brasil (@GigiHadidBR) April 4, 2026

In the email chain, Epstein insinuated that the Hadid sisters only had their modeling careers because of “blowjobs,” and joked about the girls performing other sexual acts.

“They follow directions. It’s that simple,” Epstein wrote. At the time of the email, Gigi would have been 20 and Bella 19. The person discussing the Hadids with Epstein was, unsurprisingly, redacted.

In her comment, Hadid denied that she and her sister advanced through sexual favors. “I grew up privileged, yes. But my parents protected me and taught me the value of hard work, the same hard work that got them to this country and gave them careers.“ She also explained that she didn’t initially want to comment on the files because she didn’t want “to take away from the stories of real victims.”

“To be named in those files, I think I was 20-21 at the time he would have written that email- is disturbing, and I want to state unequivocally that I have never had any affiliation with that disgusting human being. May he rest in [hell].”

On an unrelated note, Trump is mentioned over 5,000 times. Looking forward to his thorough response any day now.

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