{"id":2228214,"date":"2024-04-23T14:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rebel-wilson-understands-body-positivity-can-only-go-so-far\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:31:06","slug":"rebel-wilson-understands-body-positivity-can-only-go-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rebel-wilson-understands-body-positivity-can-only-go-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Wilson Grasps Limits of &#8216;Body Positivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frebel-wilson-understands-body-positivity-can-only-go-so-far%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-house-democrat-demands-vote-on-gun-control-legislation-immediately-2\/\" title=\"Top House Democrat Demands Vote on Gun Control Legislation \u201cImmediately\u201d\">article delves<\/a> into Rebel Wilson&#8217;s \u200cjourney, navigating fame, body image, and pregnancy desires \u2062amidst struggles \u2063with obesity-related pregnancy risks\u200b and \u2064personal conflicts. It highlights\u2062 her career, weight challenges, sugar addiction, fertility issues, weight loss efforts, and the decision \u200cto use a surrogate\u2062 for her first child in 2022. The \u200darticle explores Rebel Wilson&#8217;s path, addressing fame, body\u2064 image, and pregnancy aspirations amid challenges like \u200dobesity-related risks\u200d and\u200b personal battles. It sheds light on her\u200b career,\u200d weight struggles, sugar addiction, fertility hurdles,\u200d weight loss endeavors, \u2062and \u200dopting\u200b for a surrogate\u200b to welcome her\u2064 first child in \u200c2022.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Rebel Wilson built her career as an icon for so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-proves-the-danger-of-the-body-positive-celebration-of-obesity\/\" title=\"COVID-19 Proves The Danger Of The \u2018Body Positive\u2019 Celebration Of Obesity\">body positivity<\/a>\u201d and then wanted to have a baby. Obesity causes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-gop-rep-calls-for-cdc-director-to-resign-over-union-collusion\/\" title=\"Exclusive: GOP Rep Calls for CDC Director To Resign Over Union Collusion\">higher risks<\/a> for pregnancies. In fact, pregnant women who are obese <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/20\/new-study-finds-higher-bmi-linked-to-high-rates-of-pregnancy-complications\/\">face <\/a>a 131 percent increase in pulmonary embolisms, a 121 percent increase in sepsis rates, and a 120 percent higher risk of cesarean section.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old blonde Australian actress best known for her star role as \u201cFat Amy\u201d in \u201cPitch Perfect\u201d wrote candidly about capitalizing on body image to claim Hollywood fame in her new memoir out this month, \u201cRebel Rising.\u201d The book is as honest as it is hilarious, particularly the audio version narrated by Fat Amy grappling with the \u201cemotional war going on inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1381282551\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6b6d1c719eefa5bbeeb9c038e5ea2e6d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6b6d1c719eefa5bbeeb9c038e5ea2e6d\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOn the one hand, I\u2019m a proud fat female. I\u2019ve used my weight to my advantage. I\u2019ve turned lemons into lemon cheesecake,\u201d she explains in one of the first chapters about a visit with a fertility doctor. \u201cOn the other hand, I\u2019m ashamed of my eating behaviors. I feel guilty. I feel unlovable. Luckily nobody lives with me, so they can\u2019t see what I do at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/rebel-wilson-talks-briefly-trying-ozempic-changing-her-name-at-17-222620\">changed <\/a>her name from Melanie to Rebel when she was 17, landed one of her first television gigs in an Australian comedy called \u201cFat Pizza.\u201d From there, Wilson continued to win comedic roles as the \u201cfunny fat girl.\u201d The actress was candid about leveraging her size at the beginning of her career, taking a course titled, \u201cComedy and Power\u201d when she was in college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt became clear to me that the psychology of comedy is that people like to laugh at people that they DON\u2019T want to sleep with,\u201d Wilson wrote. \u201cI was like, \u2018Well f-ck you. F-ck you to all those diet-obsessed people, f-ck you to people who think women must be skinny\u2026 I\u2019m just going to be fat. Because guess what? It\u2019s going to be awesome for my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Wilson was still conflicted, because she was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-read-a-nutrition-facts-label\/\" title=\"How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label\">polycystic ovarian syndrome<\/a> (PCOS) at 21. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6734597\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">majority <\/a>of women with the condition are overweight or obese. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4ba453428186b9f5d134f1f17899015c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4ba453428186b9f5d134f1f17899015c\"><\/div>\n<p>While Wilson\u2019s breakout acting roles built around plus-sized characters in \u201cBridesmaids\u201d and \u201cPitch Perfect\u201d propelled her to stardom, her weight remained a heavy burden in her private life by complicating romance and breeding insecurity. \u201cBeing a big person, you also must face the fact that when it comes to dating, first impressions matter,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBeing overweight was a barrier preventing me from truly being intimate with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As light-hearted as Wilson took her weight on screen, the conflict was a primary theme throughout the book. At one point she reflects on a time she wondered whether to remain apathetic about her size to save her Hollywood reputation or commit to being fit. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, she had to forfeit a publicity contract for losing weight with Jenny Craig to play Fat Amy in \u201cPitch Perfect.\u201d After she dedicated 2020 to a \u201cYear of Health\u201d so she could have a baby, she writes about grappling with the apparent contradiction between fame over fitness in the bathtub after a performance at the Oscars\u2019 February award ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think to myself, \u2018I\u2019ve made it. I really have made it.\u2019 And then the thoughts creep in. \u2018Maybe I should just stay the fat Rebel Wilson that everyone knows and loves,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cWhat if my weight loss costs me my career?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ab6d5d048b129f4963b3581cc053ca13 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ab6d5d048b129f4963b3581cc053ca13\"><\/div>\n<p>Wilson got her answer with the success of \u201cSenior Year\u201d on Netflix, a cheerleading comedy she starred in after she lost a significant amount of weight. \u201cEight-nine million unique Netflix accounts watch it within the first ten days of release,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt\u2019s a global hit! I think I\u2019m fine.\u201d Yet doubts remain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still wonder,\u201d she added, \u201cam I going to be less interesting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson says she\u2019s struggled with a sugar addiction. That\u2019s all too familiar to the tens of millions of Americans who resonated with the Australian actress for embracing her plus-size profile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou call yourself \u2018Fat Amy\u2019?\u201d Wilson\u2019s character is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_dJ-DL7aRmI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asked <\/a>in her introduction on \u201cPitch Perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, so twig b-tches like you don\u2019t do it behind my back,\u201d Wilson replies.<\/p>\n<p>The unapologetic role made Wilson a star. But behind the screen, Fat Amy says she \u201cwas ignoring the fact that I was mistreating my body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like my not wanting to date someone once I knew they had substance abuse issues \u2013 because they weren\u2019t treating their body or themselves with respect,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI was doing the same thing, just in a different way, with bad eating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson compares her sugar addiction to substance abuse throughout the memoir, often describing sweets as her \u201ccomfort\u201d and coping mechanism. A tub of ice cream at the end of the night became routine in her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I have one of those brains where eating sugar is like taking a hit of cocaine,\u201d she writes. \u201cMy face just lights up when I eat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, French researchers have <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23719144\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found <\/a>sugar can stimulate a reward response in the brain stronger than that of cocaine. Children are especially vulnerable to developing such an addiction. A hyper-sweetened food supply <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/psych\/news-events\/all-news\/archived-news\/2014\/06\/sugar-is-killing-us--here-s-everything-you-need-to-know-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">desensitizes <\/a>the next generation to sugar. It\u2019s no wonder, then, that Wilson \u2014 who wrote, \u201cI couldn\u2019t abstain from sugar if someone held a gun to my head\u201d \u2014 developed her addiction in childhood. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always had a sweet tooth,\u201d she said. \u201cThe first prayer I ever remember saying was to ask God to let me win the Easter raffle at the dog show, where the prize was a giant basket of chocolate eggs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But once she was on the cusp of turning 40, Wilson faced a fertility doctor who offered a blunt analysis of the actress\u2019s ability to have a baby. That became her \u201cmotivating factor number one\u201d to lose weight. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d have a much better chance if you were healthy,\u201d the doctor said. At first, Wilson was taken aback. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat hit me like running into the sharp corner of a kitchen counter in the middle of the night (whilst searching for ice cream),\u201d she wrote. \u201cWhat is this doctor talking about? I\u2019m not healthy? I am a beacon of body positivity to so many people, Doc. Young people. \u2018Beauty at any size.&#8217;\u201d But, she adds, \u201ceven though body positivity, self-confidence \u2014 all that stuff \u2014 is so super important, if I\u2019m going to be really honest with myself, I know this doctor is telling the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once Wilson lost the weight following her \u201cYear of Health\u201d in 2020, she wrote that she felt \u201cfreer\u201d being \u201cthe healthiest I\u2019ve ever been in my adult life, both physically and mentally.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Wilson still ultimately commissioned a baby by renting a surrogate\u2019s body in November 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/moms\/rebel-wilson-shares-used-surrogate-1st-child-rcna96944&#038;sa=D&#038;source=docs&#038;ust=1713892601874900&#038;usg=AOvVaw2gHFtyLCAQtZVSCq-GoZZc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">citing <\/a>concerns about carrying the pregnancy herself due to her polycystic ovary syndrome. Now 44, Wilson never has outright abandoned body positivity, but the movement abandoned her. In 2022, she appeared on the cover of People Magazine for a cover <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/rebel-wilson-desire-to-become-mom-spurred-health-transformation-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">story<\/a> speaking about weight loss.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought of a future child\u2019s needs that really inspired me to get healthier,\u201d she told People. <\/p>\n<p>Staffers at the magazine were reportedly outraged by the spring issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/20\/people-staffers-mad-over-fat-shaming-rebel-wilson-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According <\/a>to The New York Post, \u201cstaffers accused new editor Liz Vaccariello of taking a fluffy approach to weight loss and fertility without providing insight from medical experts or any scientific information with the interview.\u201d One source told the Post Wilson\u2019s claims about her own health amounted to \u201cfat-shaming\u201d for noting that obesity is a risk factor for infertility. <\/p>\n<p>Wilson addressed the weight-loss backlash at the end of the book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the few haters out there trying to troll me, saying things like \u2018Ah, now that she\u2019s not big, she\u2019s not relatable anymore,\u2019 or \u2018Now she\u2019s not funny anymore,\u2019 or various permutations of \u2018She\u2019s changed and how dare she change and we hate her now,&#8217;\u201d she wrote, \u201cI guess I say: I can\u2019t hear your voices \u2019cause they\u2019re muffled under the water while my head remains above it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t abandoned my fan base,\u201d Wilson added. \u201cI haven\u2019t been hypocritical. I still think beauty is in every shape and size. I still love the bigger version of me. I\u2019ve changed and I\u2019m now a healthier person. Who am I hurting? No one. I\u2019m saving my own life.\u201d  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ece3cad817f112c83ba6d4828f33d041 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ece3cad817f112c83ba6d4828f33d041\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebel Wilson, known for promoting &#8220;body positivity,&#8221; faced challenges when wanting to start a family due to the risks associated with obesity in pregnancies. 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