Actress Rebel Wilson, who would soon be seen in the forthcoming rom-com, Isn’t It Romantic, has now courted controversy. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, the Australian actor claimed that she will be “first-ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy”.

It didn’t take social media users to remind her that actors Queen Latifah and Mo’Nique had fronted romantic comedies before. After facing a backlash, the 38-year-old actress has now apologised for the comments she had made about “plus-sized” women actors in Hollywood.

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On 6 November, Wilson took to Twitter writing, “In a couple of well-intentioned moments, hoping to lift my fellow plus sized women up, I neglected to show the proper respect to those who climbed this mountain before me like Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake, and likely many others.”

In a couple of well-intentioned moments, hoping to lift my fellow plus sized women up, I neglected to show the proper respect to those who climbed this mountain before me like Mo’Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake and likely many others.

— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) November 5, 2018

“With the help of some very compassionate and well-thought out responses from others on social media, I now realize what I said was not only wrong but also incredibly hurtful. To be part of a problem I was hoping I was helping makes it that much more embarrassing & hard to acknowledge. I blocked people on Twitter because I was hurting from the criticism, but those are the people I actually need to hear from more, not less. Again, I am deeply sorry,” she added.

With the help of some very compassionate and well-thought out responses from others on social media, I now realize what I said was not only wrong but also incredibly hurtful. To be part of a problem I was hoping I was helping makes it that much more embarrassing & hard to-

— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) November 5, 2018

acknowledge. I blocked people on Twitter because I was hurting from the criticism, but those are the people I actually need to hear from more, not less. Again, I am deeply sorry.

— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) November 5, 2018

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On the film front, Rebel Wilson’s next venture Isn’t It Romantic, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, will feature the actress along with Liam Hemsworth, Priyanka Chopra, and Adam DeVine.