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Rebel Wilson Apologizes To Mo'Nique & Others Over Plus-Size Rom-Com Claims
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Nov. 6 2018, Updated 2:23 p.m. ET
Rebel Wilson has apologized to Mo'Nique and others after claiming to be the first plus-size woman to star in a romantic comedy. (Monique starred in Phat Girlz, a film about two plus-size women struggling to find love.) People on Twitter were also quick to point out that Queen Latifah, too, has starred in rom-coms before, like Last Holiday. The backlash online prompted Rebel to apologize. Read on to see what she had to say.
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"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," Rebel tweeted Monday night, "like Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake, and likely many others."
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"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," the Bridesmaids actress continued. "To be part of a problem I was hoping I was helping makes it that much more embarrassing & hard to 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."
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Rebel initially said she was the "first-ever plus-sized" lead in a rom-com on The Ellen Degeneres Show during the Halloween episode, when she was dressed as Wilson the volleyball from Castaway. Many critics on Twitter called her out for forgetting a lot of actresses of color (like Mo'Nique and Queen Latifah) who've already reached this milestone.
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In response to the criticism, Rebel began blocking a lot of followers of color, inspiring the #RebelBlockedMe hashtag. She did, however, reply to a few people, including Mo'Nique. The Precious actress had tweeted, "Hey my sweet sister. Let’s please not allow this business to erase our talent with giving grey areas and technicalities. Take a moment and know the history. DON’T BE A PART OF ERASING IT. I wish you the best."
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"Hi Monique, it was never my intention to erase anyone else’s achievements and I adore you and Queen Latifah so so much," Rebel replied. "I support all plus size ladies and everything positive we are doing together."
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