Rebel Wilson: She should stay “funny fat girl”

Rebel Wilson (41) had named 2020 her “health year”. The Australian actress lost more than 100 pounds and maintained her new weight in 2021,. Wilson apparently received little support from her own team in Hollywood.

“I got a lot of headwinds from my own team” when she said she was going to do her “health year,” says Wilson. And they said: “Why? Why would you want to do that?” Because as the “funny, fat girl” she earned millions.

Even with more weight, she was “very self-confident,” continues Wilson. She also loved herself back then and enchanted herself on the red carpet, although in some cases she was perhaps up to three times as heavy as other actresses. But deep down she knew that her behavior when dealing with food was sometimes “not healthy”. She wanted to numb her emotions by eating food.

She was “invisible”

For Wilson it is fascinating why many people, especially women, are so “obsessed” with looks. She knows “what it is like to be a woman who is basically invisible to most people” because she was not viewed as “traditionally beautiful”.

A few months ago that she was struggling with fertility problems. She is “the classic example of a career woman” who did not think of children until she was in her mid-30s, she now says. And suddenly she thought: “Wait a minute, do I want this as an option? And if so, what do I have to do?”

“It could be great if I had my own kids,” Wilson said. But because she doesn’t know whether that will happen, she tries not to have any expectations. The actress just wants to live as healthy as possible, try and see what happens.