Rebel Wilson opened up about how she discovered her sexuality and the reasons for her 80-pound weight loss.
The actress, 44, appeared on Loose Women on Thursday, where she was interviewed by Judi Love about her new memoir, Rebel Rising.
Speaking of sharing intimate details about her life in the book, Rebel opened up about her journey with her sexuality, after getting engaged to her fiancée, Ramona Agruma.
She admitted that she was ‘forced’ to come out and had been ‘very nervous’ about telling her mother.
Rebel recalled: ‘I announced I was in a relationship with a woman on social media. But there’s a little story because an Australian journalist was essentially threatening to take me out… So, I was forced to go public.
Rebel Wilson has opened up about how she discovered her sexuality and the reasons for her 80lb weight loss.
The actress, 44, appeared on Loose Women on Thursday, where she was interviewed by Judi Love about her new memoir, Rebel Rising (pictured).
Speaking of sharing intimate details about her life in the book, Rebel opened up about her journey with her sexuality, after getting engaged to her fiancée, Ramona Agruma (pictured together).
‘It’s not like it was something I was hiding, it was something I was slowly telling people because it’s a bit of a shock when you’ve only been dating men and all of a sudden you’re like, ‘I’m in a relationship with a woman.'”
Rebel and her fashion designer girlfriend were forced to publicly announce that they had been dating in June 2022 by a journalist, even though some members of her family were not even aware of their relationship.
Sydney The Morning Herald’s own columnist, Andrew Hornery, revealed that he gave Rebel “two days to comment” upon finding out about their relationship.
He later reflected in his column: ‘Big mistake. Wilson chose to ignore the story.
The Pitch Perfect star posted a gushing Instagram post introducing his girlfriend of six months.
Sharing a photo of them, she wrote: “I thought I was looking for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess.”
Rebel opened up about how she told her mother, Sue Bownds, the news, telling Judi: “I remember being really nervous about telling my mom and then I had to tell her because she was flying to L.A. and was going to meet Ramona. .
“I had to tell her and I said, ‘Mom, you know, Ramona, who did you hear on the phone?’ I say, ‘She’s not just my friend. She’s my girlfriend”.
Rebel explained that she had realized she was attracted to women while watching a tennis player at Wimbledon and said it “opened my heart.”
He also opened up about his motivations for losing weight, after losing 80 pounds after changing his diet and doing more high-intensity exercise.
“She said, ‘Oh, that’s great, honey! Now, what color should I paint this side of the fence? Olive green? Brown?”‘
Rebel explained that she had realized she was attracted to women while watching an anonymous tennis player at Wimbledon and said it “opened my heart.”
She said: ‘I had a situation, I guess you could say, that’s what young people call it… With a professional tennis player.
“I was at Wimbledon and I was watching this woman play and I thought, ‘Wow, she’s really good at tennis,’ but I was feeling things.”
“I guess that experience opened my heart in a way. I described it as when you open a can of tennis balls and say, ‘Oh!’ and I felt all these feelings and then I really wanted to explore it.’
Previously, Rebel had only publicly dated men and admitted in her memoir that she never felt fully invested in those relationships.
She wrote: ‘Sometimes when I dated men, people would even comment. They say, “God, rebel, you can take them or leave them. You were never that involved.”
“And then, here was someone where [I] I felt so involved and even thought at one point, “Oh, I could give up my career for this person and travel around the world on the tennis circuit.”
Rebel and Ramona welcomed their first child, Royce Lillian, via surrogate in November 2022 (pictured)
‘I describe it as opening my heart. Like you could open a new can of tennis balls… that’s what it did to me.
“And I guess when I saw people writing love songs or poetry about love, I thought, ‘Oh, that’s nice.’ But I don’t think I ever understood it until I felt it for a person.”
‘It could have been that the guys she was dating just weren’t the right ones. Or that I also wasn’t as open to intimacy back then, so I never allowed myself to feel real feelings. And then the first time was with the tennis player.”
Rebel and Ramona met in 2021 before starting dating and announcing their engagement in February of last year.
Rebel also spoke to Judi about her motivations for losing weight, after losing 80 pounds by changing her diet and doing more high-intensity exercise.
She said she “didn’t think being bigger stopped me from doing anything” but that she felt “embarrassed” about her unhealthy eating habits.
But she added that she was worried that by losing weight she would lose her “box” and feared she would “lose my career.”
However, she explained that it was her desire to have children that was the trigger, saying: “I believe in body positivity and beauty in any shape and size.”
“I didn’t think being bigger would stop me from doing anything, but what embarrassed me was these unhealthy eating behaviors, which was usually basically just late at night.
“What really motivated me wasn’t really about me, or my physical appearance or my health, but it was when I went to see a fertility doctor and he told me that if I was healthier, I would have a much better life.” “. chances of having a child.”
He added: “I guess, logically, I knew at the time that I was struggling with obesity and, ‘Did my health change for the better?’ but then I would lose that typecasting that I had in the business and I could lose my career.
Rebel revealed in November 2020 that she had reached her “goal weight,” but assured fans that her focus was purely on “being healthy” rather than the figure on the scale.
As for how she managed to lose weight, she focused on becoming more active by walking and doing high-intensity interval training (HIIT) with her personal trainer.
He also changed his carbohydrate-rich diet, in which he revealed that he ate around 3,000 calories a day, for protein-rich alternatives that would no longer make him hungry.
Rebel and Ramona welcomed their first child, Royce Lillian, via surrogate in November 2022.
She told Judi she now has “two loves of her life” after becoming a mother, gushing: “I have an amazing partner and now I have a beautiful baby, Royce.”
‘IVF, the process I went through is an emotional rollercoaster. One day you’re happy and one day you’re really sad.’