Sydney: The Australian newspaper Sydney Morning Herald rejected an article on Monday, after a storm of accusations on social media that the publication pressed actress Rebel Wilson to reveal that he was dating a woman. Gossip columnist Andrew Hornery admitted that the newspaper had “clandestinely approached us” when trying to break the news that Wilson, who had previously dated only men, was in a relationship with fashion designer Ramona Agruma. The “Pitch Perfect” actress first announced her relationship on Friday via Instagram, posting a selfie with Agruma and calling her the “Disney Princess”. Hornery’s column, posted the next day, revealed that the Herald knew about the relationship before Wilson posted it on Instagram and on Thursday gave the actor two days to comment. “Big mistake. Wilson chose to focus on the story by posting about her Disney Princess news on Instagram early Friday morning,” Hornery wrote in Saturday’s column. The article sparked outrage on social media. The Herald initially denied pressuring Wilson, with Bevan Shields publisher claiming it was “just asking questions”. “We would ask the same questions if Wilson’s new partner was a man,” Shields wrote. In her first comments on the controversy, Wilson responded Sunday to a Twitter reporter who criticized the Herald’s approach. “It was a very difficult situation, but I was trying to handle it with grace,” Wilson wrote on Twitter. On Monday, the Sydney Morning Herald removed the online article and apologized to Hornery, who said questioning Wilson “was never intended to be a threat” to expose her sexuality. Horneri said he “sincerely regrets (ted) that Rebel had a hard time. This was not the first time Wilson has clashed with the Australian media – in 2017, she was awarded a record A $ 4.7 million ($ 3.3 million) for defamation for a series of articles claiming to have lied about her name, her age and her childhood. go to Hollywood. Following the successful appeal of the magazine’s publisher, the Wilson Prize was revised to A $ 600,000.
