Voice of London

In her recent appearance on The Ellen Show, Rebel Wilson announced that she is the first plus size woman to star in a romantic comedy and has since apologized for it.

When on the programme, the Australian actress talked about here role in the upcoming film Isn’t It Romantic.

Wilson said: “I’m kind of proud to be the first ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy.”

During the show she was welcomed with warm applause, but Twitter users were quick to point out that there are many other plus-sizes actresses who have starred in rom-coms.

The 2006 film The Last Holiday starred Queen Latifah and Phat Girlz, also from 2006, starred Mo’Nique.

Wilson started to defend herself with tweets on her own:

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As the comments haven’t slowed down, Rebel felt that she is not ready for the pressure and started blocking people who were criticizing here. She blocked so many that the hashtag #RebelWilsonBlockedMe began to grow.

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“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,” she concluded. “Again, I am deeply sorry.”

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Some people who claimed that they were blocked have now said they no longer are.

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Rebel Wilson tried to elevate herself for her hard work. Therefore, she completely forgot that there are many other women in the industry who also contributed in the rom-coms. Is the problem that people overreacted upon her words? Or that she didn’t realize how those words could really hurt someone? Tell us what you think in the poll below!