Rebel Wilson Reveals How Her Weight Loss Journey Redirected Her Career: 'I Kind of Untypecast Myself by Losing Weight'

Rebel Wilson is opening up astir really her weight nonaccomplishment travel has impacted her master life.

The Rebel Rising: A Memoir author, 45, precocious said pinch SiriusXM power big Ben Harlum astir nan pivot successful her profession since losing 80 pounds complete 5 years ago. 

“From that point, I started getting offered much superior roles,” she revealed, citing her upcoming domiciled arsenic Lady Capulet successful Juliet & Romeo and her role in British indie, The Almond and nan Seahorse.

“So I deliberation I benignant of untypecast myself by losing weight,” she confessed. “I mean, I loved being nan bigger, funny girl.” Adding, “Loved playing Fat Amy successful nan Pitch Perfect movies. It was truthful cool, and that still is maine successful truthful galore respects. I conjecture group ... erstwhile I did suffer weight, they started to spot maine a spot differently.”

She besides revealed that erstwhile she group retired to go an actress, she envisioned much melodramatic roles. “I wanted to beryllium for illustration Dame Judi Dench and beryllium really serious.”

“It's just, I had thing that group would for illustration to laughter at, and then Nicole Kidman gave maine this danasiwa to travel to America and specialize successful comedy, and truthful that's what I did,” she explained. “Then erstwhile I came to Hollywood, I was conscionable nan afloat drama girl.” 

“But now it's benignant of for illustration almost going backmost to my roots arsenic an character and doing immoderate superior worldly arsenic well,” she said.

In March 2024, she said pinch The Sunday Times astir her weight nonaccomplishment travel and her a "year of health" successful 2020. But she revealed, “Basically, nary 1 isolated from my mom wanted maine to suffer weight,” she said. “People thought I’d suffer my pigeonhole successful my career, playing nan fat funny character, and they wanted maine to proceed successful that.”

She besides said astir her little acquisition pinch Ozempic. Wilson said she took nan FDA-approved type 2 glucosuria drug for attraction aft losing weight.

“Someone for illustration maine could person a bottomless appetite for sweets, truthful I deliberation those narcotics tin beryllium good," nan character said, earlier noting that she nary longer takes Ozempic.

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That aforesaid month, nan character said pinch PEOPLE and revealed that she was an “emotional eater” and elaborate nan “emotional war” she knowledgeable complete her weight.

“I deliberation to galore group I'm a beacon of assemblage positivity because I spot group who are considered medically obese if you look astatine their weight, but I deliberation they are perfectly beautiful,” she said. “I really deliberation beauty is astatine immoderate style and size truthful I do really beforehand that."

“So group are like, ‘Well, really tin you beryllium truthful body-positive and past beryllium hating yourself?’ But I wasn't hating myself, I was only hating those shameful behaviors,” she added.