‘WTF’: Rebel Wilson blasts Sydney’s new lockdown

Actress Rebel Wilson has faced criticism after she publicly slammed Sydney’s latest lockdown, saying “you can’t keep locking down as a strategy”.

Fans have lashed out at Rebel Wilson after the actress publicly slammed Sydney’s latest lockdown, saying “you can’t keep locking down as a strategy”.

The Aussie Pitch Perfect actress, who is based in the US but owns several properties in Sydney, shared her thoughts on the city’s strict new two-week lockdown in a series of Instagram Story posts.

“Sydney WTF!!!” Wilson wrote in one Instagram story, following it up with a photo of a bare supermarket shelf she said her mother had taken at a Sydney Woolworths.

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Rebel Wilson speaks out about Sydney’s lockdown.

A bare supermarket shelf.

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“You can’t keep locking down as a strategy,” Wilson wrote in another post.

Her strong reaction has earned the ire of social media users, with a number of news.com.au’s Twitter followers piling on the star in the comments section of this story.

“I’d say an epidemiologist would disagree with her. But an actress is clearly an authority on such things,” one quipped.

“Excellent! I was eagerly awaiting Rebel’s take on this seeing as how she lives overseas has absolutely no idea what’s been happening in Australia or why. Thank you for this.....,” said another.

Another tweeted separately: “my favourite part of the rebel wilson stuff is she hasn’t stopped posting about her travels, private jets and luxe lifestyle the whole time. when someone is that privileged, they don’t deserve to have a platform to discuss these issues.”

It comes after Rebel faced fierce criticism last year when she took a private jet to the Superbowl while others were discouraged from moving around to watch the game.

my favourite part of the rebel wilson stuff is she hasn’t stopped posting about her travels, private jets and luxe lifestyle the whole time. when someone is that privileged, they don’t deserve to have a platform to discuss these issues.

— Kate (@Katelizabethr) June 28, 2021

Rebel Wilson joins the celebrity medical panel with her esteemed colleagues🙄 https://t.co/tvvasL6kVc

— ich bin da Evil One (@dmccann65) June 27, 2021

Given she's been flying about unimpeded on private jets and managing to keep up an impressive social life, I'm not really surprised Rebel Wilson's attempt to lecture the collective NSW leadership on lockdowns has backfired so spectacularly. Tone deaf much?

— Sir Hornbag (@hornery) June 28, 2021

Not at Rebel Wilson (who now lives in America) judging our Sydney lockdown. Sis, the country you decided to move to has no healthcare and let half a million people die. We’re gonna do what we need to do to save lives, you stay over there.

— Danielle 🌹 (@_d_rose_xo) June 28, 2021

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a two-week Sydney-wide lockdown on Saturday as cases of the super-contagious Delta Covid variant continue to spread across the city. It’s the city’s first lockdown in six months, and it comes after multiple warnings from the vice president of Australia’s peak medical body that the Delta variant lurking across the country “has outrun contact tracers”.

Millions of residents in areas across inner Sydney and beyond, including the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Central Coast, are under stay-at-home restrictions that are in place until July 9.

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“You can’t keep locking down as a strategy,” says the US-based star.

Not among those in lockdown: Wilson herself, who is currently in Atlanta shooting the upcoming Netflix film Senior Year. Wilson owns a waterfront home in Sydney’s Birchgrove along with several investment properties, and divides her time between the Harbour City and Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, NSW Health has released a new list of exposure sites overnight, including new transport routes and venues of concern associated with confirmed cases of Covid.

Ms Berejiklian defended her government’s handling of this latest outbreak over the weekend, amid scrutiny over whether Sydney should’ve moved to a strict lockdown earlier to contain the highly contagious new Covid strain.

“Can I say very, very strongly any success New South Wales has had to date is because our government to the letter followed the health advice,” she said.

“I’m not someone who will be afraid to take any decision we need to keep our citizens safe.”