Rebel Wilson was recently interviewed by the BBC News where she spoke about some disgusted and horrifying incidents of her life. During the interview, the 41-year-old Australian actress stated that she has been sexually harassed by two different people in the entertainment industry.
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The Pitch Perfect actress spoke with BBC News about two tense situations she encountered, one in Australia and the other in the United States. Rebel does not name either of the hot-shot names.
The big-time director
Rebel's first meeting took place in a hotel room in Australia while she was in her twenties when she was invited to speak with a big-time film director. While Rebel was there to discuss work plans, the director had something else on his mind. She told BBC News:
I literally thought I was going to have a meeting about comedy and talk about comedy. He kept trying to give me more and more alcohol.
During the meeting, the director received a phone call from his wife, which Rebel was able to hear clearly. She recalled:
She started saying: ‘You’ve got Rebel in that hotel room, you were going to sleep with her...' I heard the message. That was the first time I thought, oh my god, what is this? What’s going on?
If I hadn’t had heard her voice on the phone, screaming through the phone, what could’ve happened?
Rebel swiftly exited the hotel room and never mentioned the event ever again to anyone.
The big film star
The second incident of sexual harassment occurred on a Los Angeles film set when Rebel was randomly invited to the trailer of a male. As she entered the trailer, the actor dropped his pants and requested her to perform an improper act while his male buddies filmed the meeting on their phones.
I was in shock, I was like: ‘What’s going on?’ Just kept saying: ‘No, what is this?’ Like, no, no, no. His buddies are laughing and he’s kind of clearly getting off on it.
The event was reported to the studio by Rebel's agent, who said it was the fourth complaint they had received about the nameless actor. Rebel claims she now has the confidence to speak out against what she calls disgusting and inappropriate behaviour.
