{"id":24939,"date":"2018-11-06T22:50:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T22:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=24939"},"modified":"2018-11-06T22:50:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T22:50:40","slug":"rebel-wilson-is-deeply-sorry-for-plus-sized-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/rebel-wilson-is-deeply-sorry-for-plus-sized-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Wilson is \u2018deeply sorry\u2019 for plus-sized claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In her recent appearance on The Ellen Show, Rebel Wilson announced that she is the first\u00a0plus\u00a0size<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>woman to star in a romantic comedy and has since apologized for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When on the programme, the Australian actress talked about here role in the upcoming film Isn\u2019t It Romantic.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-24939-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Rebel-Wilson-Is-Proud-to-Represent-Plus-Sized-Women-in-Isnt-It-Romantic.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Rebel-Wilson-Is-Proud-to-Represent-Plus-Sized-Women-in-Isnt-It-Romantic.mp4\">http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/11\/Rebel-Wilson-Is-Proud-to-Represent-Plus-Sized-Women-in-Isnt-It-Romantic.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Wilson said: &#8220;I&#8217;m kind of proud to be the first ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the show she was welcomed with warm applause, but Twitter users were quick to point out that there are many other plus-sizes actresses who have starred in rom-coms.<\/p>\n<p>The 2006 film The Last Holiday starred Queen Latifah and Phat Girlz, also from 2006, starred Mo&#8217;Nique.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson started to defend herself with tweets on her own:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey girl! Yeah I of course know of these movies but it was questionable as to whether: 1. Technically those actresses were plus size when filming those movies or 2. Technically those films are catorgorized\/billed as a studio rom-com with a sole lead. So there\u2019s a slight grey area<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelWilson\/status\/1058129473562804224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">1 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hi Monique, it was never my intention to erase anyone else\u2019s achievements and I adore you and Queen Latifah so so much x I support all plus size ladies and everything positive we are doing together \u2764<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelWilson\/status\/1058834882665664513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">3 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the comments haven\u2019t slowed down, Rebel felt that she is not ready for the pressure and started blocking people who were criticizing here. She blocked so many that the hashtag #RebelWilsonBlockedMe began to grow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I shared my honest &amp; respectful thoughts on Rebel Wilson\u2019s erasure of iconic plus sized women before her.<\/p>\n<p>Her blocking a fellow plus woman in this industry is a reminder that she doesn\u2019t want to acknowledge her plus peers but rather ignore them entirely. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/icUvY9QrCR\">pic.twitter.com\/icUvY9QrCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nabela (@Nabela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nabela\/status\/1058568311439536128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">3 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I blocked people on Twitter because I was hurting from the criticism, but those are the people I actually need to hear from more, not less,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;Again, I am deeply sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With the help of some very compassionate and well-thought out responses from others on social media, I now realize what I said was not only wrong but also incredibly hurtful. To be part of a problem I was hoping I was helping makes it that much more embarrassing &amp; hard to-<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelWilson\/status\/1059590009995505665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">5 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">acknowledge. I blocked people on Twitter because I was hurting from the criticism, but those are the people I actually need to hear from more, not less. Again, I am deeply sorry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelWilson\/status\/1059590119009599489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">5 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some people who claimed that they were blocked have now said they no longer are.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rebel unblocked us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mq4ceF7bnj\">pic.twitter.com\/mq4ceF7bnj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kayla Prefers Ham Over Turkey Marie (@Maria_Giesela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maria_Giesela\/status\/1059592760733417472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">5 \u043d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044f 2018 \u0433.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rebel Wilson tried to elevate herself for her hard work. Therefore, she completely forgot that there are many other women in the industry who also contributed in the rom-coms. Is the problem that people overreacted upon her words? Or that she didn\u2019t realize how those words could really hurt someone? 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