Rebel Wilson’s story is nothing short of inspiring. The Pitch Perfect star has squared up to many challenges over the years in Hollywood. No wonder it has been difficult for her. But no matter the challenge, she has risen to the occasion. That is what makes her an inspiration. That is what makes her story worth hearing. And her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising, gives fans a peek into the struggles she has faced until this point, including a childhood that would be enough to cripple anyone.
Rebel Wilson knows that she has faced a lot
What prompted Rebel Wilson to pen her experiences in Rebel Rising? For the star, this was all a chance to just put out her story to the world. In a conversation with People, she famously said,
“Did I fight in war? Run into a burning building? No. It was that I dared to exist in a town where only thin women were valued.” (People)
This fight in her is what makes Wilson special. She’s a warrior, and the fight has been a part of her since her childhood. That is what an abusive childhood does to you, and she has had her fair share of traumatic experiences in her younger years.
Rebel Wilson lifted the lid over her traumatic childhood
Rebel Rising is all set to hit the shelves on 2nd April 2024. And it will give the world an insight into the Australian star’s troubled childhood. And she has quite the bombshells to share. Rebel Wilson grew up in a family which, according to her, was just “one baby step above being carnies”. Her childhood was not as stable as she would have preferred it to be.
Another harrowing experience she shares is that of coping with an abusive father. She thought that her father was a volatile man, whose whims and fancies were difficult for her to deal with. She had many a difficult moment back in the day. But what tops the list is a day she and her sister went through “30 seconds of terror”.
Rebel Wilson’s 30 seconds of terror
Detailing the incident, Rebel Wilson reveals that one day, she and her younger sister, Liberty, finding it difficult to cope with the heat of a hot summer day Down Under, wet their mattresses with water to cool down the temperature. Little did they know that it would do just the opposite.
Her dad saw that and all hell broke loose. She said,
“Dad comes in. ‘What the hell are you two doing?!’ He brings his palm up and hits me. Whack. He hits my sister too.”
Wilson was at the receiving end of the hardest beatdown that day, an experience that she would always remember with fear. It would be long afterward in 2013, after her father died of a heart attack that she would let go of the ghosts of the past and “strive to find love” and “no longer be afraid of it.”
This is what makes her a cut above the rest, after all.
