Rebel Wilson praised for memoir “helping” fan with body dysmorphia
nme.comRebel Wilson became emotional recently while hearing about the impact of her new memoir, Rebel Rising.The Pitch Perfect star spoke with Chris Evans on his Virgin Radio UK show on Wednesday (May 1), where she discussed her highly anticipated new memoir, which has now officially been published.While on the show, Wilson was able to hear directly the impact of her book on a reader, as one of Evans’ team members, named Vassos, shared with them a personal story.Vassos spoke with Wilson about how her book had helped support his friend, who had suffered with body image issues.He explained how he had been reading a segment of the book where Wilson writes a letter to her body. “Within a minute” Vassos got a phonecall from his friend, who “always had issues with body dysmorphia”.
He said: “She’s on that first hot day of the year and she’s panicking and I said, look, it will… things will. You know, you will find the bridge off this.”Upon hearing the story, Wilson became emotional and responded: “Can I just say thank you so much for reading and, you know, engaging this and to me, like it, even if this book just reaches 10 people, and people find motivation and things to change parts of their life because I’ve obviously had to change.”Vassos praised Wilson for including this advice and support alongside the anticipated Hollywood anecdotes, saying: “That really helped her.
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