‘So gross’: The world reacts to Sydney Morning Herald ‘outing’ Rebel Wilson

Although columnist Andrew Hornery said he did not intend to out Rebel Wilson, many accused him of doing exactly that. Photo: Getty

As the Sydney Morning Herald’s handling of Rebel Wilson’s coming out to the LGBTIQ community caused international outrage, a Nine Newspapers employee vented their frustration in an anonymous internal email.

SMH gossip columnist Andrew Hornery and the newspaper’s editor, Bevan Shields, have been the subject of online anger since it emerged that Wilson’s Instagram post on Friday to announce her same-sex relationship with Los Angeles designer Ramona Agruma may have been forced by the paper.