Rebel Wilson.Photo: Getty
The manner in which a newspaper handled reporting onRebel Wilson’s new romance is coming under fire.
On Thursday, theSenior Yearactress, 42, revealed in anInstagram postthat she is datingRamona Agruma.
“I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess 💗🌈💗 #loveislove,” she captioned the picture that showed her smiling alongside her girlfriend.
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Rebel’s online followers criticized the newspaper for how they handled the situation with Wilson, including journalist Kate Doak. Shewrote on Twitter: “So apparently it wasn’t @RebelWilson’s choice to come out… The @smh/@theage have admitted to giving her a heads up 2 days in advance that they were going to ‘out’ her.”
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Ramona Agruma and Rebel Wilson.Rebel Wilson/Instagram
The Heraldeditor Bevan Shields, denied the paper had “outed” Wilson, however, in astatementshared online Sunday.
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“Our weekly Private Sydney celebrity column last week asked Wilson if she wished to comment about her new partner. We would have asked the same questions had Wilson’s new partner been a man,” he wrote. “To say that theHerald’outed' Wilson is wrong.”
Shields then said that the story that gained traction online is part of “a column in which the writer’s interaction with his subjects is often part of the story.” He added: “Saturday’s piece followed that theme in giving readers insights into our interaction with Wilson and her PR team. This was not a standard news story.”
Concluding his message, the editor wrote: “We wish Wilson and Agruma well.”
Last month, Wilson opened up to PEOPLE about being set up with her new partner “through a friend,” though she didn’t reveal who the love interest was at the time.
“We spoke on the phone for weeks before meeting. And that was a really good way to get to know each other,” she said. “It was a bit old-school in that sense — very romantic.”
source: people.com
