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Rebel Wilson reveals she 'met them through a friend' as she talks new partner

The star revealed she's dating someone special

US Deputy Editor
May 12, 2022

Rebel Wilson is officially off the market and in a romance with someone new, but who is her special someone? Here's everything that we know so far about the Senior Year's relationship. 

Rebel opened up about her love life on the hit dating podcast, U Up, and revealed how she met her current squeeze. 

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"I am now happily in a relationship," she said. "I met them at a friend's setup. I was on and off on the Raya app, but this was a friend setup."

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She continued: "He had known both of us for at least five years and he thought we would hit it off – and then we did! 

"I think that escalates things quicker, meeting someone from a trusted source. I can trust that they are who they say they are, which is something that you don’t really know on the apps." 

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While she didn't name her partner, reveal their gender or indicate if they're famous or not, Rebel did admit she dated a lot of people before finding love this time around. 

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Rebel said she's in a happy relationship after being set up by a friend 

In fact, she had a 'Year of Love' in 2019 during which she focused on dating and meeting new people. 

"I think I went out with about 50 people in that one year," Rebel - who was last linked to brewery heir Jacob Busch - revealed. "But some of them were just one date and then you think, 'Oh, no.'

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"I deliberately wanted to push myself to date a bunch of people and gain that experience, which I know is not normal, but it really helped me find out what I liked and what I didn't like."

Rebel embarked on a 'Year of Love' in 2019

Rebel dated people from every walk of life and found the experience really enjoyable. 

"It was a fun thing and I don't think anybody got hurt by it or anything and nobody else knew – just me and my close friends. 

"I said no to nobody. I went on some dates with some billionaires and then also some people who had nothing, it was the full spectrum of people. 

"For a woman my age – at that point I was 39 – I really wanted a relationship, but I had only had a few small relationships, so I had to just get more practice in dating."

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