This is not ok. Not then, not now, not ever. Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson has said a male co-star sexually harassed her several years ago. The incident occurred before the #MeToo movement when there was an outpouring of similar stories. Here’s what you need to know.
In an interview with People, the Australian star said: “He called me into a room and pulled down his pants.” Then she said he asked her to perform a sexual act in front of his friends. “It was awful and disgusting,” she said.
Rebel Wilson Says She Was Sexually Harassed By A Make Co-Star
Id that weren’t enough, Wilson, who is currently starring in the Netflix film Senior Year, said that the unnamed actor then tried to ruin her career. “And all the behavior afterwards – this was all before #MeToo – where they kind of tried to destroy me and my career,” she continued. “If it had happened after #MeToo, then I could have just blasted them.”
Wilson, who was originally trained as a lawyer, says she documented every detail of the harassment before informing her representative and other people in the industry. “Because I’m a lawyer, I documented it,” she said. “I called my rep. I got certain things in writing about what happened. Definitely amongst industry circles, I made sure people knew what happened.” That said, Wilson added that if a similar situation would happen now, she would act differently.
“Why did I stay in that situation … with that awful guy?” she said. “I should have left. It wasn’t worth it. But at the same time, I was like, ‘Oh well, do the right thing, be a professional and finish the movie.’ Now I would never do that. I thought even complaining to my agency was a big step. And to complain to the studio. I found out I was like the fourth person to complain about the guy. Such gross behavior, but a lot of women have had it way worse.”
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