Rebel Wilson has revealed how it may be time to "take a break," as she launches a revolutionary new dating app that challenges conventions.
Speaking to HELLO! at the launch of Fluid, in partnership with Casamigos, Rebel – who is engaged to girlfriend Ramona Agruma, became a mother in November 2022, and is also setting up a recording studio and working on her career as an actor and director – shared rare details of motherhood, praising Ramona and acknowledging it may be time to take a break for her own self-care.
© Stefanie Keenan"Work could not be busier and I'm directing my first movie in October in Australia, but I listen to a lot of podcasts," she told HELLO! "I do love a self-help podcast that can talk about strategies to help you manage emotions. But I am just trying to get through all the cool things that I'm doing and maybe in a year's time, I can have a break.
"I probably should have eased up but the thing with my business is you can't really just ease up and then say, 'I'll get into it next year.' I'm lucky because Ramona is such an amazing partner, she's so awesome, but that's why I'm getting up super early to spend time with Roycy, because I have to go to work and I really respect all the mothers out there. I know I'm in a lucky situation."
Fluid, Rebel's new app which she is launching with best friend Carly Steel, has zero categories, which means you don't have to place a label on your sexuality.
"I think it's a more complex, nuanced way of looking at sexuality and it's very refreshing," the 43-year-old, who has dated men and women, shared.
© Instagram"You're just a person looking for a real connection and and, and our algorithm is very different. It will learn over time if you're leaning more one way than the other – but it will always throw you a couple of wild cards. It's the first dating app that evolves with you. It learns what your preferences are, and gives you the freedom to be yourself and it changes as you do."
At the launch party at hit new hotspot Funke, where guests sipped on cocktails including Spicy Blood Orange Margaritas and Passionfruit Palomas with the new Casamigos Cristalino, Rebel also paid tribute to her Senior Year co-stars, who inspired her to build the app, and encouraged her to expand her world view of what sexuality meant.
© Stefanie Keenan"If you ask Gen Z now the majority categorize themselves as fluid, which is basically like a rejection of categorization. You look at Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Lizzo, they're all like, 'We don't care to say.' The Senior Year cast really were really inspirations because they were so open about sexuality and talking about things - which certainly wasn't the case when I was their age. [It made me realize] if they're like that, then maybe I could date a woman – and then look how it ended up now!"
When asked how she is taking time for herself amid her busy life the 43-year-old revealed she has slipped back into her "emotional eating" habits, eight months after welcoming her baby daughter, and three years after her Year of Health saw her overhaul her physical and mental health.
© Netflix"It's very hard. I was up at 5am with the baby, and if I wasn't here, I'd literally be going to bed at 9pm because I have to get up so early with the baby," she said.
"It is really hard and I'm struggling; I am slipping back a little bit into my emotional eating because it's so challenging. Now I've got to work out, having a baby, what might be my new balance."
In 2020 – Rebel's so-called Year of Health – she told fans how she had been "using food to numb my emotions" and was working on valuing herself better. Two years on, Rebel's life is completely different after falling in love with Ramona, getting engaged, and welcoming her daughter Royce via surrogacy.
© Stefanie KeenanAs for her one tip for dating? "Shoot your shot."
"I really pushed myself with dating in 2019. I did this experiment for the Year of Love where I went out with anybody who asked me out. I went on about 50 dates with different people that year and learned a lot about dating and what I was looking for." Rebel said. "It sucks if you get rejected but you've just got to put yourself out there sometimes - and my life has benefited so much."
