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Rebel Wilson Finally Apologizes for Claiming She's the First Plus-Size Rom-Com Lead

Rebel Wilson Finally Apologizes for Claiming She's the First Plus-Size Rom-Com Lead

Rebel Wilson Apologizes for Saying She's First Plus-Size Rom-Com Lead

"In a couple of well-intentioned moments, hoping to lift my fellow plus sized women up, I neglected to show the proper respect to those who climbed this mountain before me like Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake and likely many others."

Rebel Wilson recently came under fire for claiming that she will be the first plus-sized woman to ever star in a romantic comedy.

While doing promotion for her upcoming film, Isn't It Romantic, Wilson said on Ellen, "I'm kind of proud to be the first-ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy."

Media outlets and rom-com fans were quick to point out that Wilson was completely neglecting prominent actresses of color like Queen Latifah and Mo'Nique, who have starred in rom-coms in the past.

Instead of acknowledging her mistake, Wilson doubled down on her comments and proceeded to block numerous black film critics on Twitter.

Now, however, she's issued an apology (likely because her PR team told her to). Wilson tweeted:

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