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By Rosie Marder
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Rebel Wilson, who has an upcoming memoir release, recently disclosed that she lost her virginity at the age of 35. Her intention in sharing this intimate detail is to inspire confidence in others who choose to wait, hoping her openness will resonate and encourage them on their own journeys.
"People can wait till they're ready or wait till they're a bit more mature," Rebel shared with People, on Wednesday, March 27. "And I think that could be a positive message."
By sharing her story, she wants young people to know that "not everybody has to lose their virginity as a teenager." The actress continued: "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."
Rebel's vulnerability deepened as she reminisced about feeling "embarrassed" for waiting until that age. She candidly admitted to even fabricating the timeline of her virginity to her closest friend, underscoring the internal struggle she faced with societal expectations.
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"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,'" Rebel shared. "Just to really avoid the questions."
The Pitch Perfect star recounted moments when she would deflect the topic altogether, revealing, "Normally I would just leave the room when the conversation was happening."
She also reflected on encounters where others commented, "'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.'"
Although Rebel calls herself a "late bloomer," she believes that if she were born in today's generation, her sexual experiences would have been "very different."
"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," the Hustle actress said.
"And so when I started opening myself up probably more after my father's death and realizing, oh, even though I'd seen marriage as a terrible thing and waste of time, I started opening myself up to that," she opened up. "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."
The actress has since found love and is engaged to Ramona Agruma and they welcomed their first child, Royce Lillian, in November 2022.
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