Rebel Wilson recalls ‘surreal moments’ with Brad Pitt, Timothée Chalamet and Justin Bieber

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7 May 2024, 10:26

Rebel Wilson has spoken about how she went from having “no friends” at school to hanging out with some of the biggest names on the planet.

The Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect star joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with webuyanycar following the release of her first memoir, Rebel Rising. She exclaimed: “Sometimes I have to pinch myself. I'm like, ‘What is my life?’ Like the night I asked out Justin Bieber. It was more of a joke, but I did ask him out. And he said yes! We never went out.”

Recalling more celebrity encounters, the Aussie star said: “Brad Pitt literally wins his Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, gets off stage, feels a little bit overwhelmed because normally they then go into a press room and answer questions. He doesn't feel like doing that, so he feels like having a chat with me, who's there because I have to get dressed into a cat for a little joke, we were just talking about our hit movie, Cats! And so we had to go backstage. And then I just kind of intersect with Brad and he kind of holds on to me, and just wants to just chill for a bit. And I'm like, ‘Yeah, sure.’ And then Timothée Chalamet comes up and says, ‘Thank you for letting me have a shower at your house’!”

Explaining how the Wonka and Dune star ended up having a wash at her home, Rebel said: “He needed a shower one day before going to the airport. And somehow his assistant knew my assistant, and he came over. He went in the hot tub as well. I wasn’t home. My sister lets him in. They go in the hot tub together. I’m like, ‘What?’ Like, the hottest young actor there. And then he has a shower, spends a few hours and then goes.”

Back at the Oscars, “He comes up and I'm chatting to Brad Pitt. He says, ‘Thank you for the shower.’ And then I just seem like the coolest person.”

The irony of appearing to be “the coolest person” isn’t lost on Rebel. She told Chris that she “really knows what it's like to feel like a loser,” and revealed: “When I'm 12, 13, starting high school, I literally have no friends, I am the biggest loser. And then to just have these surreal moments like that at the Oscars!”

She added: “Then Brad escorts me like a real Southern gentleman to my dressing room to get transformed into a cat!”

Read what Rebel told Chris about the inspiring words that Robin WIlliams told her here.

Find out which Bridesmaids role Rebel originally auditioned for, and learn about her incredible pay rise for Pitch Perfect 3.

Read why a trip to the tennis at Wimbledon “opened up” her heart and sexuality here.

Rebel Rising is out now. 

For more great interviews listen to The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with webuyanycar weekdays from 6:30am on Virgin Radio, or catch up on-demand here.