Rebel Wilson shared a piece of her personal history with the hope of changing the conversation around sex, timing, and the unwritten rules of growing up.
In an intimate and candid disclosure, the Australian-born actress, 44, revealed that she lost her virginity at the age of 35 and reminded people that there’s absolutely no age requirement or limit for sexual adventures.
Rebel said she wrote in her upcoming memoir, ‘Rebel Rising,’ about losing her virginity at 35 to reassure youngsters that "not everybody has to lose their virginity as a teenager."
Rebel Wilson reminded people that they can "wait till they're ready" to have their sexual explorations
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"People can wait till they're ready or wait till they're a bit more mature," she told People. "And I think that could be a positive message. You obviously don't have to wait until you're in your thirties like me, but you shouldn't feel pressure as a young person."
The actress recalled feeling “embarrassed” about it when she was a teenager and would avoid conversations about the subject at the time.
"There was one vague time, I think I told my best friend, 'Oh, yeah, I just did it to just get it over with when I was like 23.' Just to really avoid the questions," she said.
Not losing her virginity made her feel "embarrassed" when she was younger, the actress said
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"Normally I would just leave the room when the conversation was happening," she added. "And then the people that said, 'Oh, at 24, it's so late.' And then I'm sitting here thinking, 'Oh my God, my number's 35. What the hell? I'm going to look like the biggest loser.'"
The Pitch Perfect star declared herself a “late bloomer,” but she noted that her sexual exploration would have been “very different” if she was born about two decades later.
Rebel Wilson is currently engaged to designer Ramona Agruma and a happy mother to her daughter, Royce Lillian
"It's absolutely incredible, if I had been born 20 years later, I probably would've explored my sexuality more. I just knew I was attracted to men, and that was the normal thing," Rebel said.
“...And then only years later, meeting women and having feelings for a woman, and that, I just think it's a sign of where society kind of was,” she added.
Rebel is now engaged to designer Ramona Agruma, 40, after they were introduced to each other by a mutual friend. The actress proposed to Ramona on Valentine’s Day, 2023, a few months after welcoming her daughter Royce Lillian via surrogacy in November 2022.