Rebel Wilson’s startling mid-interview confession

Aussie star Rebel Wilson made a shocking revelation about her life behind-the-scenes in a candid new TV interview with the BBC.

Rebel Wilson started her “Year of Health” journey in 2020 and lost more than 30kg, but her change in lifestyle was met with some resistance.

The 41-year-old Australian actress claimed in a new interview with BBC Breakfast that she received “a lot of pushback” from her own management team about changing her appearance.

“I got a lot of pushback from my own team, actually, here in Hollywood, when I said, ‘OK, I’m going to do this Year of Health. I feel like I’m really going to physically transform and change my life,’” Wilson said. “And they were like, ‘Why? Why would you want to do that?’ Because I was earning millions of dollars being the funny fat girl and being that person.”

Wilson clarified she was body positive before her weight loss but knew her eating habits weren’t healthy.

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Rebel opens up in a new interview with the BBC.

“I knew deep down inside that some of the emotional eating behaviours I was doing [were] not healthy. I did not need a tub of ice cream every night,” she said. “That was me numbing emotions using food, which wasn’t the healthiest thing.”

The Pitch Perfect star also provided an update about her fertility journey.

“I’m still trying on the fertility journey, even though it is emotional and you get hopeful and then your hopes are dashed. So I feel for any woman going through it,” Wilson said.

“I was the classic example of a career woman who went out into the world, didn’t even think about kids, and then suddenly in your mid-30s is like, ‘Oh, hang on, do I want that as an option? And then if I do, what do I need to do?’”

The star has explored freezing her eggs but also understands that carrying her own biological child might not happen exactly as planned.

A slimmed-down Wilson in her new Fiji tourism campaign.

“It would be great if I had my own children, but I don’t know whether that’s going to happen, so I’m trying not to have any expectations set on an outcome,” Wilson said. “Just that I’m the healthiest I can be. I’m going to try and what will happen will happen.”

In January 2021, Wilson discussed on The Morning Crew with Hughesy, Ed and Erin how people have started to treat her differently after improving her health. “It’s interesting … I liked to think I looked good at all sizes and stuff,” she said. “And I’ve always been quite confident, so it’s not like I wasn’t confident and now I’m super confident.”

“I think what’s been really interesting is how other people treat you,” Wilson said.

Wilson in her Hollywood breakthrough, 2011’s Bridesmaids.

“Sometimes being bigger, people didn’t necessarily look twice at you. Now that I’m in good shape, people offer to carry my groceries to the car and hold doors open for you.”

Before embarking on her weight-loss journey, Wilson said she was eating upwards of 3000 calories a day.

“Before I was probably eating 3000 calories most days, and because they were normally carbs, I would still be hungry,” she told People. “So, I’ve really changed to eating a high-protein diet, which is challenging because I didn’t used to eat a lot of meat.”

In an Instagram Live, Wilson said she cut her calories in half to 1500 and began an exercise routine.

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