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Rebel With A Cause — Why We Should All Take Notes From Rebel Wilson’s “Year of Health”
“Be whatever size you want, just try to be the healthiest version of you.”
In an interview with BBC World Service, popular Cats, Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids actress Rebel Wilson says that she announced her “Year of Health” on Instagram for accountability. When asked why this was important to her, she says because she “wanted to make a lasting change” and hold herself accountable to this change.
She says that in the past when she has lost weight and then put it back on, she has received criticism for this weight cycling. Shocking! Not… we all know how being in the Hollywood spotlight goes. Bodies of women in the public eye are especially monitored and criticized for both minor and major changes.
“So is that what a woman has to do in the world, is just lose weight to get attention?”
Rebel had been working hard in her acting career pre-pandemic, and then during the pandemic she lost 80 pounds, laughing as she says “the attention that gets is way more than being in an academy award nominated film and producing my first movie.”
The headlines were quick to press. Some of them include:
