New York Daily News

‘Pitch’ star Rebel: Hit by 2 harassers

- Nicole Bitette

ACTRESS REBEL WILSON revealed she was sexually harassed by both a powerful actor and a top director early in her career.

The “Pitch Perfect” star came forward with her accounts after hearing other women’s stories of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood.

“A male star, in a position of power asked me to go into a room with him and then asked me repeatedly to stick my finger up his a--,” she wrote on Twitter.

“All whilst his male ‘friends’ tried to film the incident on their iPhones and laughed. I repeatedly said no and eventually got out of the room.”

Wilson, 37, said she immediatel­y called both her agent and lawyer and her lawyer was able to file a complaint with the studio.

Wilson (photo) then tweeted that early in her career she had a hotel room encounter with a top director — whom she also does not name.

When the director’s wife called to berate him for sleeping with actresses she bolted before anything could happen, she wrote.

“I realize not everyone lucky,” she tweeted. is as

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