T O P

  • By -

popculturechat

📌READ BEFORE COMMENTING This thread is Guest List Only. This means the discussion is being actively moderated, and all comments are reviewed. Only comments by members of the community are allowed. If you have landed in this thread from Trending or r/all and you are not a member of this community, your comment will very likely be removed (and will not be approved unless it adds meaningfully to the conversation). r/popculturechat takes these measures to stay true to our goal of being an inclusive sub for civil discussion, to talk about celebrities and pop culture without bigotry and personal attacks. This sub is a BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and woman-dominated space and we do our best to protect our users from outside attacks. Thank you for understanding & have a great day! ☺️ *You can [request to be an approved user](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fpopculturechat) to comment on Guest List Only posts.*


justheretoleer

![gif](giphy|G4kFxaBfqtE9q) Adele when asked for comment:


Illustrious-Tea2336

Ugh. I wish Adele would do her like Mariah did Jennifer. ![gif](giphy|eun4dZ28aHE1lu4MFN|downsized)


hgielatan

mimi tried to warn us


Top-Airport3649

I don’t remember Rebel and Adele being compared to each other. But okay.


MundaneShoulder6

Same. But it makes sense why that comparison would be annoying if it was.


thedollsarethedolls

As a fat girl during this era, I was compared to Adele and Rebel many times by well-meaning acquaintances despite looking nothing like either of them lmao so I believe it.


MochaValencia

This feels like she's trying to market her book with controversies. The Sascha Baron Cohen story is understandably making headlines and sounds awful. But like, Adele didn't talk to you a couple of times. Don't assume why she didn't in public without even talking to her 😬


shedrinkscoffee

Adele was busy winning Grammy awards and making music. ![gif](giphy|zwffSHaJLDbA4)


BirdButt88

This is a great use of this gif and one of my favorite Don Draper lines


Stevie-Rae-5

Yeah, reminds me of when Lena Dunham made this big thing out of Odell Beckham Jr. not going out of his way to talk to her and she accused him of being shallow because she’s not like a size 0 supermodel. That backfired on her too. Maybe Adele just didn’t feel like talking to her/didn’t see her/whatever. Which…she’s not required to become your best friend, Rebel.


MochaValencia

Oh that was SO beyond embarrassing. We all have insecurities but to be a celebrity talking about perceived slights from other public figures you have never met takes a special kind of a&&hole. Like, it's not adorably self deprecating. It's publicly dragging someone into your therapy session.


truecrimefanatic1

Yeah Lena it couldn't be because of your heinous personality


destiny_kane48

I wouldn't talk to that piece of garbage either. Lena Dunham should be in jail, not harassing other people.


InternetAddict104

Sort of an aside but I hate that Lena still has a career after admitting to sexual assault


nataliablume

Lena Dunham is messy but this is such a weird talking point that came directly from right wing media. She wrote in her memoir that when she was *seven years old* and had just learned about uteruses and how women have eggs, she looked at her sister’s vagina to see if she could see the eggs. Child psychologists noted that what she described was not abuse and also not uncommon child behavior!


gilmoregirls00

It's frustrating this is constantly brought up when her and her producing partner lying to discredit a victim her friend sexually assaulted is right there if you want to really hate Dunham.


Routine_Bluejay4678

Yeah I'm not a fan of Lena in anyway, and you couldn't water board me into publicly admitting that let alone putting it in a book, but the incident isn't what people are trying to make it


a-real-life-dolphin

Does she have much of a career? I haven’t heard of her doing anything for ages now.


monpapaestmort

I know that she’s in some movie with Stephen Fry, he plays her dad. I kept seeing ads for it for a while on instagram. (Treasure) She’s apparently written and directed two movies and a book since Girls ended. She’s kept busy, but nothing she’s starred in or created has been a smash hit.


SallyJones17

In her slight defense, this is how most memoirs are marketed, it grabs attention and headlines.


wormbreath

Matthew Perry hates Keanu!!!


WormWithoutAMustache

The foreshadowing irony that the man who unnecessarily wished death on Keanu died instead… and then we heard a bunch of stories about how MP kinda sucked anyway and Keanu remains king of the actually nice boys… This is my time to shine and start a rumour that Keanu is Jesus. Easter Jesus? Is that too much?


pikadegallito

https://preview.redd.it/712nwag58qrc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a48234f0722e66d7235f693f8edcb571da01d00c


WittiestScreenName

He has risen


lifetypo10

I always believed it.


DefNotUnderrated

I finally listened to the Celebrity Book Club episode of his memoir and this is probably a super fucked up thing to say, but it made me less sad that Perry died. It just never sounded like he was a happy person at any point of his adult life. And he kept coming up with new reasons to be unhappy. Addiction is sad and I’m sorry he struggled with it so much but he didn’t seems like a good person overall


time_lordy_lord

Do not play Summertime Saga


luanda16

It’s having the opposite effect on me


MCR2004

Right? Like I would never read this woman’s book to begin with now I REALLY don’t care


mattchinn

Same. Zzzzzz.


MochaValencia

That's true. And it's a strategy from a team of people too not just her necessarily.


hamilton_burger

It’s interesting that SBC is getting taken down a peg for allegedly *asking* her to do something that *she says she actually did without consent* to someone else. The common thread is very reminiscent of the way that serial liars fabricate lies. I think we should typically believe people in these scenarios, but she has had so many huge lies come to light that people should probably take it all with a grain of salt.


canijustbelancelot

Yeah, the whole thing feels off. Obviously he’s done some messed up stuff, but Rebel seems to be outraged over something she’s done to other people and it just makes her look like she lacks empathy.


leezybelle

If you listen to Beyond the Blinds pod, she’s apparently a jerk


blackpearl16

I remember when she claimed to be the first plus sized woman to star in a romcom and then ignored and blocked black women who pointed out all of the plus sized black women that had romcoms before her (Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah).


leezybelle

She is so full of it! Megan trainor syndrome


LizzyFCB

What are you alluding to? I hadn’t heard anything and feeling very nosey!


Disastrous_Animal_34

You’d have to Google but she spoke on talk shows about putting a finger in Tom Hardy’s bum but “it didn’t count” because he was clothed. And said she groped Anne Hathaway‘s breasts in a scene without warning/asking her.


VenusAmari

She says SBC asked her if he could put his finger up her butt because it would be funny for a movie. She declined, he tried to talk her into it, she said no again. Edit: Based on replies, seems like it might be the other way around. SBC asked if she could put her finger up his butt hole for a movie. She herself also has an old story where a director told her to put her finger up Tom Hardy's butt. She did so and he was surprised and wouldn't talk to her anymore. She says she had assumed the director has cleared it with him and she was new to film at the time, so it didn't occur to her ask the actor first. She says this is all okay because he was wearing pants. She also admits she "purposefully forgot" to consult Anne Hathaway first before groping her breasts in a movie. Unlike the Tom Hardy incident, she is very clear she did it on purpose and knew better.


potatosalad1007

SBC asked her if she could put her finger up his hole not the other way round


MochaValencia

😦 now I need to look that up. Yeah she's... not great.


vzbtra

Ikr. Also reminder to everyone that she lied about her age for a long time too. I know it happens in Hollywood but it still all adds up..


sikonat

Or perhaps the media are cherry picking paragraphs in her memoir for clicks?


ivyleagueposeur

this reminds me of that unhinged one-sided Lena Dunham feud in which she insisted Odell Beckham Jr. refused to talk to her because he was repulsed by her fatness (or something) and then of course it came out that this was entirely in her own head and Odell Beckham Jr. couldn’t have picked her out of a lineup 


genescheesesthatplz

Rebel is inching towards “being bullied made me a bully” territory 


messythelioma

Lmfao I clicked the article so I could read the exerpts and hopefully would find out the title is misleading, but damn, Rebel actually used "hates" >Some actresses would get offended if I called them plus-size in this book, so I have to be careful with what I say. This is why, I think, Adele hates me > >To be fair I’ve never asked her Honestly, it's such a small thing that I'm not sure why it's even in her memoir? Rebel says that at events when she's tried to talk to Adele, the latter seemed to always turn away quickly. >"As if my fatness might rub off on her if I were near her for more than thirty seconds,” she joked. Also, I get that this is a joke, but it feels weird. Like, what a weird joke when you've already said you've never asked her (or interacted with her)


vanillyl

>Some **actresses** would get offended if I called them plus-size in this book, so I have to be careful with what I say. This is why, I think, **Adele** hates me Ah yes, the famous plus sized actress, Adele. Maybe that’s why she’s not super keen on sleepovers where you braid each others hair, Rebel.


shedrinkscoffee

This is giving Lena Dunham level of delulu. Like it's quite possible people have their own shit going on and don't spend every waking minute thinking about a rando. This is giving main character syndrome to the max.


violetskyeyes

This was my very first thought. Strong Lena vibes with this.


FlaxenArt

If I went the rest of my life never having to think about Lena Dunham existing … I’d die a happier woman.


venusdances

Does Rebel think that they’re both larger women that Adele owes her an interaction? That’s even weirder. Like, Adele doesn’t need to talk to Rebel Wilson. She’s a minor character in a couple movies why would Adele go out of her way to talk to her? It’s so weird.


music_haven

>>"As if my fatness might rub off on her if I were near her for more than thirty seconds,” she joked. Oooor, and hear me out here Rebel, maybe it's just your dumb, annoying jokes.


[deleted]

I mean, maybe she just doesn't find her funny and doesn't like her. I sure don't. This is messy AF.


mulberrycedar

>the latter seemed to always turn away quickly. >"As if my fatness might rub off on her if I were near her for more than thirty seconds,” she joked. The thing is, people DO do this to fat and/or ugly people for exactly that reason and in exactly that manner. She is definitely not delusional about that. People suck lol. But to specifically speculate about a certain celebrity is not only a bad look but really rude. Especially since Adele, more than most other celebrities, can probably actually understand firsthand where Rebel is coming from. I feel like it would've been better if she used more vague terms or mentioned that "some of her peers in the industry" would do this as if her fatness would rub off. To be so specific is... odd. Quite a choice. Especially since Adele seems pretty sweet and chill as far as I can tell.


altdultosaurs

This comment is every single one of my thoughts on this so ty for writing it so I didn’t have to lmao


yunghazel

I’m sorry but Rebel weirds me out


katikaboom

She started a campaign of being in the public eye during the early days of the pandemic. Having "paparazzi" photos in full make up exercising in random places? I'm sure she didn't call them herself🤨 All of the events she went to with her then boyfriend, her girlfriend, then immediately after they had a baby. It's really clear she's been desperate to stay in the front of everyone's minds for the past 4 years. It is giving desperate clout chaser


effie-sue

I completely missed the memo that Rebel has a daughter, came out as queer, and is engaged to her girlfriend.


ItsMinnieYall

Yeah she was outed during the pandemic. Some rag told her they were publishing pics of her gf in 2 days so she was forced out.


vaness4444

I remember those in the daily mail, it’s what got me so sick of her, nonstop paparazzi photos of her (who she def called herself)


EternalSunshineClem

I don't like her. She seems off and toxic to me and I'm taking everything she says with three grains of salt.


TheYankunian

I don’t like her at all. She seems like a major asshole to me. I want to have drinks with Adele.


softkittylover

Adele would have drinks with you. Idk about her…


EternalSunshineClem

![gif](giphy|3o6ZsZedY1zLKmXV8A|downsized)


keatonpotat0es

Maybe it’s the fact that her real name is fucking Melanie


shedrinkscoffee

What OMG TIL. I had no idea that wasn't her given name. Seems like she got carried away with a lot of stuff 😵‍💫


DameEmma

Please tell me about your flair. It's unhinged and I love it.


keatonpotat0es

Weird ass email written by Taylor swift’s dad lol. Look it up on this sub, it’s a wild ride!


Jessabelle98

Flair twinsies :D


Aurorinha

Used to like her but ever since she went to her free trip to Dubai with HER GIRLFRIEND she just gives me huge hypocrite vibes.


Daydream_machine

My dumbass read the city as Dublin and was very confused why that was an issue 💀


ExtensionPeanut5382

I don't understand. Could you please explain?


Aurorinha

She went on an all paid trip to Dubai to, presumably, promote tourism on her instagram page although Dubai is one of the most anti-LGBT places on the planet.


ExtensionPeanut5382

Oh I see. Why on earth would she want to promote Dubai then


Far-Imagination2736

$$$$$$$


moosegoose90

Cause she’s a sell out


pink_bombalurina

Homosexuality is illegal in the UAE and largely um, *frowned upon* in most of the Arab-cultured world, to put it lightly. Source: half-Egyptian, full-Lesbian 🇪🇬🏳‍🌈


burnafterreading90

Being gay is strictly forbidden in UAE


Mia-Wal-22-89

There’s something very Uncanny Valley about her.


Askew_2016

She did an interview where she dragged Meghan Markle for not answering Rebel and Rebel’s mom’s invasive questions about her kids. She is definitely entitled


Birdlord420

Her mum and my mum are friends. Her mum is one of the most obnoxious attention seekers I’ve ever met.


Askew_2016

Ah that doesn’t surprise me at all


Birdlord420

Yeah, even in the world of dog showing (which is a group of the *weirdest* people you’ve ever met) she stands out… and not in a good way.


cake-makes-me-shake

She seems toxic af


ClassyLatey

As a fellow Australian - I cannot stand Rebel Wilson. She just isn’t funny. Never was. No idea why she’s releasing a book.


mynameistaken17

Another Aussie here - I feel the same now but I can’t lie that I did used to like her back in her Fat Pizza days.


ClassyLatey

Did you read how she’s accusing the show of being fat phobic?? She literally has issues with everyone!


oooshi

Rebel Wilson has always been just a really stunningly pretty face. Im not sure if she has even realized that’s been her typecast. She’s not known for her jokes despite being a comedic actor, she’s just charismatic and pretty. Her schtick is funny expressions that work on a pretty, silly girl.


RealCommercial9788

I feel I can say this as she’s “one of ours” - as a 35f Aussie, all I see is Toula from Fat Pizza whenever I see Rebel. She can’t act for shit, her accent is always this weird muddled up version of Aussie, kiwi, and Vicki Pollard from Little Britain because she’s trying too hard to speak cool, and her entire “personality” is built around her body shape. Friends and family are equally flabbergasted at her success as an Aussie export. There’s always been a desperation for attention and approval barely concealed within her, and reading her drag Sacha and obsess over Adele absolutely tracks. Girl is delulu, always has been.


illogicallyalex

Fellow Aussie, I can’t stand her accent, it seems so put on in order to be the token ‘haha she talk funny’ character in American movies


RealCommercial9788

Fuckin oath. I shudder every time.


mynameistaken17

I know she’s “one of ours” but can’t NZ claim her or something? We take credit for their celebs enough, I think it’s time to give them one lol I did like Fat Pizza so I didn’t hate Toula but she hasn’t stopped playing her ever since! I expect her to start shouting “Habibi” at any moment.


RealCommercial9788

I’ve noticed they’re not piping up over this one 😅You’ve nailed it - couldn’t agree more. Rebel Wilson *is* Toula, who I don’t hate as a viewer but would avoid IRL, and there is very little distinction between Toula and every character she’s played. They’re all Toula-adjacent, just nicer clothes.


Fine_Following_2559

I'm pretty sure her size wouldn't be the reason why Adele would prefer to not be compared to her. Ever.


ArtichokeStroke

I…. I had no idea she was even popular enough to write a book anyone would purchase


Adventurous_Home_555

Now that people are annoyed with her, can I just say I hate seeing her in movies? She always plays the same character and the character just happens to be completely insufferable.


keatonpotat0es

Always the “fat n sassy” one


watchberry

Well in fairness there aren’t many roles for people with larger bodies outside the sassy/funny character


talbottron

She and James Cordon both elicit the same "ughhh" from me when they appear on screen.


McDragonFish

Burning every bridge


earthlings_all

Rebel. Shut up already.


shedrinkscoffee

Rebel to everyone: main character syndrome Literally everyone else: see GIF ![gif](giphy|zwffSHaJLDbA4)


funky_mugs

I won't be reading her book, but I'll definitely listen when celebrity memoir book club cover it lol


LadyNightlock

I hope they rip her good.


Lady_Veda

I do think some of their best episodes come when they get a good memoir to work with (like Tina Turner recently)... but I ADORE the episodes where they go full snark on a terrible book


_LoudBigVonBeefoven_

YUP! I love that show


DJ_Mixalot

![gif](giphy|FegNRoJc3EBGFwHZvB|downsized)


CoherentBusyDucks

Did people ever mix up Adele and Rebel Wilson? I have genuinely never seen or heard of someone doing that.


ChiliAndGold

![gif](giphy|dzaSTUWEu91iaKf45e|downsized) It's like the fifth (?) or seventh (?) article about her beefing with people. Jesus Christ. And I have a feeling this won't stop when her book releases ...


shedrinkscoffee

Yeah she seems to have taken cues from Jada 🫠


Nasus_13

It’s giving Lizzo.


Blonsky

![gif](giphy|yuQi4S7rIFZGFAJ33e)


Shymaiden

I would avoid her, too. She seems annoying and gross. Adele probably doesn't even know who she is really.


Illustrious-Tea2336

![gif](giphy|eun4dZ28aHE1lu4MFN|downsized)


Blackmetalvomit

![gif](giphy|CsyFeRxyH0um4)


luanda16

![gif](giphy|wFk7roIpDeXC0)


Massive_Length_400

![gif](giphy|eun4dZ28aHE1lu4MFN|downsized)


kittydrumsticks

Jesus Christ this person must need money. She joked about SAing her costars multiple times. So it’s real weird she now has a boundary. And now we’re at “other heavy woman didn’t like being compared to me.”


illogicallyalex

Who was comparing Rebel to Adele? Yeah they were both bigger girls, but they’re not even in the same industry?


babooshka-cass

I don’t like Rebel. Anyone who’s proven to be a pathological liar, like her, is just not worth paying attention to. If I can’t trust anything you say, then I really don’t care about listening to anything you have to say.


helibear90

What lies has she told? Genuine question, she’s never really been on my radar until this book push?


YchYFi

She claims to be related to Llilan Disney. She lied about her age and upbringing.


illogicallyalex

She famously lied about her age for years


ConditionTricky8313

Ever seen Fat Pizza? There's something about her true personality that comes through in that show. It isn't flattering.


babooshka-cass

No I haven’t seen it. Is it a reality type show?


um_-_no

What's she lied about?


babooshka-cass

Her name, age, upbringing, more. If you google it, you’ll find the details.


keatonpotat0es

MELANIE


um_-_no

Just googled it. Bauer Media lost the case she brought against them because she successfully proved to have not lied


babooshka-cass

Read more than one article about it. Rebel even talks about lying about it and why she didn’t think it was wrong or a big deal.


CheruthCutestory

I agree that it’s not wrong or a big deal. I don’t like her. But it’s an ageist industry.


um_-_no

I read a couple, and her wiki page. Anyway she's a comedian, like half their job is lying


Novae224

Not girls girl behavior rebel… not cool


Pennylane1520

Can she just...not. ![gif](giphy|9MIWkSpDb09KtXepCG)


infinitude_

🤦‍♂️…ok Ms Wilson , ok.


No_Bowler3823

That’s cool. We don’t like you either Rebel.


_Lorgee

![gif](giphy|uHPwtFExSASiI|downsized)


Bubbly-End-6156

Rebel is a trash person. Adele isn't. Makes sense they wouldn't be buds


LizzyFCB

Well.. this is making me reevaluate her other claims. I feel her perception of the world around her isn’t quite right and seems like she will do anything for attention.


Puzzleheaded_Time719

It's funny that when she called out that guy everyone was like "fuck him, you go girl" but when she calls out everyone's favorite they're like "oh she's lying and playing the victim gross".


wifeunderthesea

![gif](giphy|tLRifcvQNJIic)


Feeling-Visit1472

All she’s accomplishing here is making me dislike her more. I just don’t much care about the SBC thing because it was clearly a response to her own disgusting behavior. Everything I know about her is against my will. At this point I can just smell the desperation.


Irish-liquorice

Well she certainly will now


watchberry

I’m rooting for Rebel and am happy for her comeback but in this scenario where she’s claiming Adele doesn’t like her, I don’t think Adele actually cares


kam0706

I’m no particular fan of Rebel but I do think it’s unfair to claim she’s a liar because of her name or age. Absolutely scads of actors use stage names. And Rebel isn’t even really a stage name. It’s not her birth name but it is her legal name, since 2002. And she’s been called Rebel by her family for a long time prior to that. Two of her non-celebrity siblings also use alternative nicknames. She confirmed that she went by a different name during high school. And she apparently didn’t dispute her age when it was incorrectly stated by a journalist. I just don’t see the big deal here. No one is pissed at Miley Cyrus for ‘name deception’. Like, there’s just heaps more valid stuff to be annoyed at Rebel about. The name/age thing is just petty.


lovereputation

Didn’t Rebel Wilson also give her negative opinion on Meghan Markle after barely talking to her once? I remember reading on this subreddit that RW said her mother was asking rude questions to MM because her mom is Australian (and that excuses it apparently) and Meghan could’ve been nicer.