Rebel Wilson: 'I get nothing for Valentine's Day'
Unlucky-in-love actress Rebel Wilson has low expectations for Valentine's Day on Sunday (14Feb16).
The 35-year-old Bridesmaids star split up with fellow comedian Mickey Gooch Jr. in September (15) after a brief romance and now she's single again, But, ever the optimist, Rebel is still hoping to experience surprise affection on the most romantic day of the year.
“I don’t think I’ll be getting anything this Valentine’s Day," she
told Flare magazine. "But there was a line in this movie, The Diary
of a Teenage Girl, where the main character goes, ‘I wonder if
anybody loves me who I don’t know about', and I was like, ‘That’s
interesting, you never know'. On Valentine’s Day you could get sent
something.”
Rebel is currently promoting her new movie How to Be Single, which
also stars Dakota Johnson and Leslie Mann, and in many ways life
imitates art for Rebel, because she loves being single, explaining
not having a significant other allows her limitless freedom.
"Doing whatever you want, whenever you want, I'm very attached to
that," she said. "If I just want to go on a holiday, I go on a
holiday. If I just feel like going on a hike today or sleeping in
today, eat whatever... I’m not very accustomed to compromise.”
The actress also used the new interview to address last year's (15)
controversy over her real age after a former classmate accused her
of lying about her age and insisted she was actually seven years
older than what had been publicized.
The Australian thinks the uproar over her age is ridiculous, but
admits she kept mom on the topic to establish a career in
Hollywood.
“An actress has a playing age and can play within that, so why does
it matter what her actual age is?" she questioned. "I don’t get
that. My movie was number one and they (Australian press) tried to
find anything they could that was bad on me. The most they could
find out is that I stopped saying my age in press articles.
"It’s a business thing because you don't want to be like, 'Oh, I’m
29, about to be 30, coming to America. Great'. That’s not a
positive thing to do when you’re an actress in Hollywood."