Rebel Wilson Is Back In Aus Expressly To Sue The Pants Off ‘Woman’s Day’

All-round legend and cherished Aussie export Rebel Wilson is back on home soil for the next month or so, but it’s not for a Fat Pizza revival (contain your disappointment). Instead, the actor is making good on her promises and taking glossy mag publisher Bauer Media to court for defamation. 
Several articles were published in 2015 outing Wilson as being (gasp) older than she said she was, and accusing her of lying about other aspects of her life as well. Wilson is alleging that these stories cost her a bunch of juicy roles, including one in Kung Fu Panda III.
Wilson’s lawyer Renee Embom told the court on Friday that the content of the articles published by Bauer in magazines like OK!, Woman’s Day and Women’s Weekly had a significant effect on her client’s livelihood.

“Ms Wilson will give evidence that after the articles, her contracts were terminated. She was told she was too divisive … it’s destroyed (her) reputation as a fair and honest person.”
Gleefully publishing an actress’s real age when they are working in an industry that’s not known for its magnanimous attitudes towards women over 25 is pretty shitty. Add to that the fact that Wilson is already such an outlier in Hollywood – being both unapologetically Australian and not the mandatory size 0 – and you can definitely see how tell-all gossip mags could tank her career. Which is bullshit, because Rebel Wilson is a beautiful genius who should be given every role.
The trial begins on May 22. Give ’em hell, Rebel.

Source: News.com.au.
Image: Getty / Jason LaVeris.

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