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Rebel Wilson tell-all memoir reveals she lost her virginity at 35

- BERNELEE VOLLMER bernelee.vollmer@inl.co.za

NO SHAME, no game! Rebel Wilson bares it all in her memoir, even dropping the name of the lucky actor who helped her lose her virginity at 35.

In her tell-all, Rebel Rising, published last week, the 44-year-old actress spills the tea on her intimate rendezvous with Mickey Gooch jr, known as “Mickey”.

Apparently, they were romantical­ly involved in 2015. “Micks, I know this might be news to you if you are reading this, but yes, I lost my virginity to you,” Wilson reveals. According to Wilson, the two lovebirds dated for six months and their union was kick-started by a mutual acquaintan­ce from the Pitch Perfect crew.

Wilson shares that Gooch came into her life during a crucial moment when her mother was battling cancer, teaching her to live without inhibition­s.

She writes: “I didn’t want to live my life without experienci­ng sex. Experienci­ng love. “I put it out into the universe that I was finally ready. I was going to feel the fear and just do it.” Before their encounter, Wilson made some … shall we say, preparatio­ns?

The comedian recalls having “tried a vibrator” and watching “some porn movies” in preparatio­n for the moment and wrote that it happened during a hotel stay while she was filming How to be Single. “And then it just happens,” she says. “I finally have sex. And I guess I get those lovely sex chemicals into my body for the first time ever, which really bonds me to him. I’m at almost my highest weight, but this great guy finds me desirable. It feels amazing.”

Meanwhile, Wilson claims she felt sexually harassed by Sacha Baron Cohen on the set of the film Grimsby and believes he enjoys making people feel uncomforta­ble.

During filming in South Africa, Wilson alleges Baron Cohen repeatedly pressured her to appear naked in a future scene, which she felt was unnecessar­y for the plot.

She claims he gave inappropri­ate directions and made her feel uncomforta­ble by insisting on revealing clothing that emphasised her cellulite.

However, a representa­tive for Baron Cohen told Sky News that the claims are false.

 ?? | Instagram ?? REBEL Wilson has published her memoir, Rebel Rising.
| Instagram REBEL Wilson has published her memoir, Rebel Rising.

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