Let $\mathbbm{k}$ be a (topological) field of characteristic 0. To any representation of a given Hopf algebra $\mathfrak{B}_n(\mathbbm{k})$, one can associate (using a Drinfeld associator) a representation $\widehat{\Phi}(\rho)$ of the braid group over the field $\mathbbm{k}((h))$ of Laurent series. We investigate the dependence on $\Phi$ of $\widehat{\Phi}(\rho)$ for a certain class of representations (so-called GT-rigid representations) and from this dependence deduce (continuous) projective representations of the Grothendieck–Teichmüller group $GT_1(\mathbbm{k})$; in particular, for $\mathbbm{k} = \mathbbm{Q}_l$ we obtain representations of the absolute Galois group of $\mathbbm{Q}(\mu_{l^{\infty}})$. In most situations, these projective representations can be decomposed into linear characters, as we do for the representations of the Iwahori–Hecke algebra of type A. In this case, moreover, we express $\widehat{\Phi}(\rho)$ when $\Phi$ is even and obtain unitary matrix models for the representations of the Iwahori–Hecke algebra. The representations of this algebra corresponding to hook diagrams have noteworthy properties under the action of $GT_1(\mathbbm{k})$.