Rebel Wilson has apologised for the comments she had made about “plus-sized” women actors in Hollywood. The Australian actor, who will be next seen opposite Priyanka Chopr and Liam Hemsworth in Isn’t It Romantic, had claimed in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres that she will be “first-ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy”.
When social media users reminded her that actors Queen Latifah and Mo’Nique had fronted romantic comedies before, Wilson said there was a “grey area” around how those films were categorised.
“In a couple of well-intentioned moments, hoping to lift my fellow plus sized women up, I neglected to show the proper respect to those who climbed this mountain before me like Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake and likely many others,” Wilson wrote. In a couple of well-intentioned moments, hoping to lift my fellow plus sized women up, I neglected to show the proper respect to those who climbed this mountain before me like Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake and likely many others.
With the help of some very compassionate and well-thought out responses from others on social media, I now realize what I said was not only wrong but also incredibly hurtful.
