'Her family isn't as accepting as mine': Rebel Wilson opens up on facing hardships with GF Ramona Agruma
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Rebel Wilson's relationship with Ramona Agruma hasn't been fully accepted by her girlfriend's family. In a recent interview, the 42-year-old actress explained how she came out to her family and how their responses to her announcement have been overwhelmingly positive, but that wasn't the case with Agruma's family. Wilson explained on the 'Life Uncut' podcast how her family has been incredibly supportive of her as she navigates through her relationship and sexuality.
"My whole family has just been amazing," she told hosts Brittany Hockley and Laura Byrne of Life Uncut. In spite of this, the 'Pitch Perfect' star revealed that her 38-year-old partner's family had found it more difficult to accept their relationship. "Ramona's family hasn't been as accepting," she added. Wilson continued, "And so in many respects, it has been a lot harder on her to have to make the news public. With her, she's not in the public eye, it's much harder on her. It's so sad to see what happened with her family over it. Hopefully, people will change their attitude about things."
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Rebel lashed out at Andrew Hornery
Then Wilson went on to criticize Sydney Morning Herald columnist Andrew Hornery once again for forcing her to announce their relationship in June when some of the couple's family members didn't even know they were dating. "There were a couple of hurried conversations that I would have liked to have just taken my time with," she confessed. Wilson added, "I've had instances with the Australian press being really mean towards me... It was just another thing in that line of nasty things that they've done over the years."
The 'Bridesmaids' actress and her Los Angeles fashion designer lover were compelled to make their relationship public in June 2022. Then Hornery wrote a piece accusing Rebel of 'gazumping' his scoop by disclosing their connection, which he had planned to write about. The journalist said that he had spoken with Wilson's reps and informed them of his plan to write a piece on their romance, giving them two days to respond.
After that, there was a backlash, with critics accusing Hornery of attempting to "out" Rebel and castigating him for refusing to let her handle the announcement. Rebel came out as homosexual in a sweet Instagram post in June of last year. She also introduced her girlfriend Ramona to her million followers captioning, "I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess #loveislove "
The couple welcomes their first child
The couple had a surrogate baby in November, and Rebel exclaimed with joy that she had been dreaming of having a child for years. Announcing the child on social media, she said at the time: "Beyond proud to announce the birth of my first child, Royce Lillian, born this past week via surrogate I can't even describe the love I have for her, she's a beautiful miracle!"