Rebel Wilson shares more about the controversy surrounding her directorial debut The Deb.
Wilson has been locked in a lawsuit with the film’s producers Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden since July 2024.
The producers filed a defamation suit against her after she accused them of “bad behavior” on set and claimed they were trying to stop the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
She filed a countersuit and also claimed that Ghost sexually harassed lead actress Charlotte MacInnes. But the star eventually refuted the claim, calling it “completely false and absurd.”
During a recent appearance on 60 Minutes Australia On Sunday, November 23, Wilson reaffirmed her position, saying, “I felt that as director I had to report it. And the moment I did, [it] unleashed all kinds of retaliation against me. ยป
According to Ghost, she had a medical reaction to cold water during production. MacInnes and an assistant took her home and the actress sat in a hot water bath with her.
Wilson previously claimed that MacInnes came to her after the incident and said: “Amanda Ghost asked me to [take] I took a bath and a shower with her, and it made me really uncomfortable.”
During the new interview, she reaffirmed her claim and said MacInnes said those words.
“She came to me, she filed what I obviously assumed was a sexual harassment complaint, and I had a duty to act on that,” the Pitch Perfect actress continued.
Interviewer Tara Brown then showed her texts between her and Ghost in which Wilson told the producer that MacInnes came to see her after the incident and that everything was fine.
“How I would describe these texts is that I’m trying to maintain professional communication with Amanda Ghost – she’s the producer, she has access to the money for the film. It’s weeks before we start shooting the film, and I’m trying to maintain very professional communication, but at the same time I feel very uncomfortable,” Wilson explained.
Brown asked how Wilson would handle MacInnes’ rebuttal, she argued that no one in their right mind would believe that “a medical incident occurred and Amanda Ghost needed the body heat of an actress to save her life. That’s just not credible.”
