Fat Amy wouldn’t have stuck with Rebel Wilson from her role in “Pitch Perfect” a musical that ran from 2012 to 2017 if she had at one point lost weight. Imagine being known as the fat, funny friend in parts 1 & 2, only to lose those fats in part 3. It would take away the essence.
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In a recent conversation with Alex Cooper in the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the actress revealed that she had always wanted to lose weight but her “Pitch Perfect” contract kept her from doing so.
Rebel Wilson — Rebel’s Contract Says Not To Lose Or Gain More Than 10Lbs
The star of “Senior Year” first gained 100 lbs in her college year due to polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Afterwards, she didn’t make any effort to lose weight until she reached 40. A major part of her reason was the contract she signed for the “Pitch Perfect” role.
Speaking to host Alex about her strict contract she said, “I couldn’t lose a massive amount of weight, because I was in the contracts for that movie. You can’t lose I think it’s not more than 10 lbs. or gain more than 10 lbs. You have to kind of stay at the weight that’s in your contract.”
Despite her “Pitch Perfect” contract, Rebel went on to star in two different movies “Bridesmaids” and “How to Be Single” and still played the same fat funny girl role. Speaking of that, she said, “I had been thinking for awhile that I want to get healthier and I was stereotyped in playing that fat, funny friend.”
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She quickly added, “I love doing those roles, I love those characters, but then I did want to do more things. But then I felt like being the bigger girl, you’re just more pigeonholed.”
Rebel Wilson — How Rebel Went From Being Fat To Being Healthy
As mentioned above, Rebel got to lose weight after she clocked 40. According to the 42-year-old actress, she made her first move to lose weight after her fertility doctor told her that if she wants to stand a chance with fertility then she better get healthy.
“I went to see a fertility doctor and he was like, ‘Well, you’d have a much better chance with fertility if you were healthier.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God what’s he talking about?’ Because my life is like a Lizzo song, where I’m like bad b— o’clock. But then I have this stranger saying, ‘Look at you, you’re not healthy,'” said the actress.
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“It really hit me hard because I was living this fantastic bigger life and didn’t have any serious diseases or anything,” she said. “And that kind of made me reexamine, yeah when I think about it I’m doing things that aren’t healthy.”
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