Rebel Wilson takes swipe at Sydney Morning Herald at the AACTAs
Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson made the newspaper the punchline.
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Actor Rebel Wilson took a joking swipe at the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper while presenting an award at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards at Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion.
The US-based Australian arrived in Sydney solo on Sunday, and was one of the last celebrities to walk the red carpet on Wednesday night, shortly before the audience was seated.
“Some big things have happened in my life this year, big changes,” Wilson said.
The packed audience, which included Hollywood heavyweights Russel Crowe, Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky, Catherine Martin, and Olivia DeJonge giggled at the allusion to Wilson’s newborn baby, Royce, and her relationship with fashion designer Ramona Agruma.
“Like, I just changed from dairy to soy. Yeah, I thought I should just tell you guys now, to get the jump on the Sydney Morning Herald.”
The newspaper’s “outing” of Wilson’s same-sex relationship in June dominated global headlines.
Private Sydney columnist Andrew Hornery came under fire for a since-deleted column, in which he complained that Wilson had “gazumped” his scoop on her sexuality, by outing herself on Instagram.
Wilson made her relationship with Arguma public on Instagram, sharing a photo of the two together with the hashtag #loveislove.
”I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince ... but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess,” she wrote.
Hornery wrote that he had given Wilson “two days to comment on her new relationship ... before publishing a single word”.
SMH editor Bevan Shields also published a subsequent article the following day, denying claims the paper “outed” Wilson.
This did little to quell the flames of social media furore.
In November, the Pitch Perfect star announced that she and Arguma had welcomed a baby girl via a surrogate.
While presenting the award for best supporting actor, Wilson also joked:
“I hosted the BAFTAs this year and look at me now: Failing upwards. There are so many talented people in this room, so many talented Australian actors. You can’t tell who’s disappointed at all.
“I’m so thrilled to be presenting an award for best supporting actor in a drama because personally, I’m at my best when I’m supporting male actors. I say things like, you have really good hair for your age.”
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