Rebel Wilson has heartbreakingly admitted how her difficult childhood with her late father Warwick shaped her career.
The Australian actress, 44, admitted on Monday that there was a “lack of trust” within her father, which significantly affected her as a person.
“The reason I have certain parts of my personality and do comedy is because my father was turbulent throughout,” he said. The Diary of a CEO podcast.
‘Alcoholism, addictions and also a slightly dubious mentality. There’s a dark side, and if I didn’t have it I don’t think I’d be as interesting as a person.’
Wilson added that he felt that many of his famous friends had somewhat bland personalities, as a result of having had happy, peaceful childhoods.
Rebel Wilson (pictured) heartbreakingly admitted how her difficult childhood with her late father Warwick shaped her career.
‘I have friends in the industry who had an incredible childhood. To me, they seem very vanilla in their work. They’re just not that interesting.
In her new memoir Rebel Rising, she opened up about the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her father, including an incident in which he threatened to “choke and strangle her.”
In the book, Rebel recalled that her father Warwick, who died in 2013, once had a violent outburst when she begged him to buy her a Slurpee when she was 12.
The Australian actress, 44, admitted on Monday that there was a “lack of trust” within her father, which significantly affected her as a person. (Pictured: Rebel (left) with her father (third from right) and her family in the ’90s)
The pair were in the car with Rebel’s sister Liberty when her father lost his temper after being asked to buy them drinks, saying he would ‘strangle’ her if she kept talking.
She wrote: “He moves violently like he really wants to strangle me, right then and there. He is angry. “It’s like a switch was flipped.”
The actress recalled another incident during her childhood when her father allegedly hit her in the face after thinking she had wet the bed.
“The reason I have certain parts of my personality and do comedy is because my dad was dodgy everywhere,” he told The Diary Of A CEO podcast. ‘Alcoholism, addictions and also a slightly dubious mentality. There is a dark side
Rebel told how she and Liberty had been wiping their faces with cloths in bed to try to cool down on a particularly hot night.
The Bridesmaids star had the idea to wet both their mattresses in the hope that it would help them cool down faster.
But when her father came into her room, he thought the couple had wet the bed, and Rebel said he immediately lost his temper and turned into a “red-faced giant.”
She wrote: ‘He brings his palm to his cheek and, with all the force of a strong, burly grown man, hits me as I lie on the wet mattress. Hit. Hit. Hit.’
In her new memoir Rebel Rising, she opened up about the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her father, including an incident in which he threatened to “choke and strangle her.”
