Last week, Australian actor Rebel Wilson posted a picture with her female partner, US fashion designer Ramona Agruma, to her 11 million Instagram followers. Her public coming out was met with a tidal wave of positivity. But Wilson’s hand had been forced.
The next day, the Sydney Morning Herald ran a column by journalist Andrew Hornery, who said he had already approached Wilson’s representatives ahead of her post requesting comment for a story about her relationship, and that Wilson had “gazumped” him by choosing to come out on her own terms – perhaps before she was ready to. The SMH has since removed the column and Hornery has apologised: quick, admirable steps towards owning irresponsible behaviour. But the whole thing leaves a sour taste, not least for Wilson, who tweeted that “it was a very hard situation but [I’m] trying to handle it with grace”.
