Rebel Wilson shares more insight into the controversy surrounding her directorial debut That 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 behaviour” on set and claimed they were trying to prevent the film from premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.
She countersued, also claiming that Ghost sexually harassed lead actress Charlotte MacInnes. But the star ended up refuting her claim, calling it “completely false and absurd”.
During a recent appearance at 60 Minutes Australia on Sunday, Nov. 23, Wilson confirmed his position, saying, “I felt that in my position as director I had to report it. And the moment I did, [it] started all this kind of retaliation against me.”
According to Ghost, she had a medical reaction to cold water during production. MacInnes and an assistant took her to his home, and the actress sat in a hot water bath with her.
Wilson has previously claimed that MacInnes came to her after the incident, saying: “Amanda Ghost asked me to [take] a bath and shower with her and it made me feel really uncomfortable.”
During the new interview, she confirmed her claim, saying that MacInnes said those words.
“She came to me, she made what I obviously inferred to be a sexual harassment complaint, and I had a duty to then act on it,” the Pitch Perfect actress continued.
Interviewer Tara Brown then showed her texts between her and Ghost, with Wilson telling the producer that MacInnes came to her after the incident and was “all good”.
“The way I would describe those texts is that I’m trying to maintain professional communication with Amanda Ghost — she’s the producer, she’s the access to the money for the movie. It’s weeks before we start shooting the movie and I’m trying to maintain a very professional communication, but at the same time I feel very uneasy,” explained Wilson.
Asked how Wilson would navigate MacInnes’ rebuttal of her claim, Brown argued that no one in their right mind would believe that “a medical incident took place and Amanda Ghost needed the body heat of an actress to save her life. It’s just not believable.”
