Rebel Wilson has apologised after facing serious backlash for comments she made on 'The Ellen Show'.
The actress remarked on 'The Ellen Show' that she is the first plus sized woman to play the lead role in a romantic comedy.
It wasn't long before people took to Twitter to recognise that both Queen Latifa and Mo'Nique have played lead roles in romantic comedies before her.
I love @RebelWilson as much as the next girl, but she isn’t the first plus sized woman to play the lead in a romantic comedy. Queen Latifah and Mo’Nique have both played romcom leads https://t.co/l2uEpwvcsF
— Halfapintdoll (@Halfapintdoll) 1 November 2018
Wilson has since taken to Twitter with a series of tweets apologising to those who have "Climbed this mountain before [her]."
In a couple of well-intentioned moments, hoping to lift my fellow plus sized women up, I neglected to show the proper respect to those who climbed this mountain before me like Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake and likely many others.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) 5 November 2018
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 & hard to-
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) 5 November 2018
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.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) 5 November 2018
You can watch the full interview on 'The Ellen Show' below:
In the same interview, she hinted at a fourth Pitch Perfect film.
Read more on that here.
