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Joy Saha

Why Rebel Wilson was forced to come out

Rebel Wilson (R) and Ramona Agruma attend Operation Smile's 10th Annual Park City Ski Challenge Presented By The St. Regis Deer Valley & Deer Valley Resort at The St. Regis Deer Valley on April 02, 2022 in Park City, Utah. Alex Goodlett/Getty Images for Operation Smile

Rebel Wilson shared a heartfelt Instagram post last week announcing her relationship with girlfriend Ramona Agruma, revealing she's queer in the process. While many fans celebrated the announcement especially during Pride, it was marred after an Australian news outlet complained about the actor basically scooping them on her coming-out.

In a now-deleted Saturday story published by the Sydney Morning Herald, columnist Andrew Hornery claimed he had reached out to Wilson and gave her two days to provide him with a comment before he planned on "publishing a single word" about her. She instead posted her own announcement.

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