1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: It fits in Whipper Kenny and Jason Rebel Wilson, Rebel Wilsons. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: It's so great to be here at this really serious event. 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 2: Let us tell them Wilson Rebel Wilson, Hey, Hey, how 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: are you a beautiful feet I'm great. 5 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: I'm in Los Angeles today and looking forward to coming 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: back to Australia for Christmas, which would be awesome. 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about Belle of the Brave, because this 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 2: is it's an amazing we we couldn't believe the other 9 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 2: day when we wrote it or read an article about 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: you and how shy you were as a young girl 11 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: at high school and growing up through those adolescent years 12 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 2: and what you've become today. Like I look at you, Rebel, 13 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,279 Speaker 2: with some of those huge events, you know, whether it's 14 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: the Oscars or the Bafters, and you getting up and 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: cracking jokes in front of the biggest names in the world, 16 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: and I go to go from that shy girl to 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: where you are now. It's a huge learning experience for anyone. 18 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people would see me, like 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: backstage at the baft is like, oh my god, knowing 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: like the royals and like every director in town is 21 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: sitting there, like I get really nervous, and also like 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: things like talk shows and stuff, I get very nervous. 23 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: And who would be quite shocked if they saw me 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: before kind of just trying to breathe deeply. And I 25 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: still get nervous for that stuff. But yeah, I don't 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: think anyone would have thought. I didn't really come out 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: of my shell in real life till about thirteen fourteen, 28 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: maybe even fifteen. 29 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: So. 30 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 1: And the story in Bella the Brave, which is about 31 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: overcoming shyness, is a story that happened to me in 32 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: real life when my mum kind of got a bit 33 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: sick of it and decided, well, or maybe saw that 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: maybe I had hidden desires to be less shy, and 35 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: so she dragged me to the community center. And in 36 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: the book it's to join a girl's choir, but in 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: real life it was to do like these community kind 38 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: of drama classes. And I'm so glad that she did that. 39 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: She gave me that push, and she literally had to 40 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: peel me off the car. I was holding onto the 41 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: car for dear life because I didn't want to go in, 42 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: and I was crying and I was so nervous. I 43 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 1: was like, no, I don't know these kids, like I 44 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: don't want to go in of course, and then she 45 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 1: forced me and just like drove away and left me there. 46 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: And so I was like, oh, learn on your eye. 47 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 2: I've got a twelve year old and an eight year 48 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: old at the moment, revel and the big thing that 49 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 2: I'm trying to teach them is that you need to fail. Boys, 50 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 2: Like You've got to understand it's okay to fail because 51 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 2: you learn from that experience to succeed. So was there 52 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: is there a defining moment of you where you just 53 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 2: got up on stage, it didn't work, no one was 54 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 2: receptive to what you were doing. Is there a moment 55 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 2: that sticks out in your mind? 56 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: Oh? I remember, okay, I did you know the n 57 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: War Theater in Sydney, Yes, of course. I remember when 58 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: I was doing stand up and I did like some 59 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: comedy gala night there and I just I bombed. I 60 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: don't know why, but I had this like toy bait 61 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: and I covered it in fake blood and I did 62 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: this joke about abortion, which I don't know why I 63 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: did it, and I just bombed. And my whole family 64 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: was in the audience, and like the whole audience was 65 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: just quiet. Afterwards, my mom comes backstage and she goes, 66 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: I don't think you should do this anymore, and. 67 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: I was. 68 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: I really bombed. It was probably the only time I 69 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: bombed as a stand up, but it was a really 70 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: bad bomb and I was just like, oh God, and 71 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: it shape it rattles you. But I was like, no, 72 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: you know what, it was just a bad night and 73 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: I just did something stupid and it just wasn't It 74 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: wasn't the right way to go. And I picked myself 75 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: up and yeah, I still have confidence. I was with 76 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: like international headliners and then me and this girl from 77 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: Australia who just bombed that. 78 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: But do you know what it must mean a lot 79 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: to you though, coming from that and when your mom 80 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 2: dropped your off for the first time in the theater 81 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: and going into acting. I saw recently rebel as well 82 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: that you donated a million dollars to the Australian Theater 83 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: for young people. That must be something very important to 84 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 2: you and for kids coming up and how much it 85 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: means to them as well. 86 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess, And like I got rejected from like 87 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: every major drama school in Australia, So that's when you're 88 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 1: talking about failure, Like, yeah, I did fail many many times. 89 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 1: And then the Australian Theater for Young People just embraced 90 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: me and they were kind of the only ones who 91 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: encouraged me to be unique and individual, whereas other drama 92 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: schools like they kind of mold you into the next 93 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: Cape Lanchet yep. And so I was really really appreciative. 94 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: I mean, Cape Lanchet's amazing that I'm just not that 95 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: obviously I didn't look like her, it didn't sound like her, 96 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: and so I couldn't be her. So I was just 97 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: so I was just encouraged at A two A B 98 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: to be that be me And they do such great 99 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: work with like indigenous communities, rural communities, and so it's 100 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: awesome now for me to like help them create this 101 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: brand new theater in Sydney and it can give like 102 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: this whole new generation of Austrange performers like a chance 103 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: to express their voice. So it's awesome. 104 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: Oh man, do you know what I love? We talk 105 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 2: about it on the show quite a bit, Rebel moments, 106 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,239 Speaker 2: and there must be so many moments where you pinch yourself. 107 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: It's like the super Bowl and you know, getting like 108 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 2: you know, stuff like that being out on boats and 109 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 2: stuff like that. Can you please whenever we get you 110 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: on we need a rebel moment. Is there a recent one? 111 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 2: I don't know where you're at. 112 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: A party or Okay, yeah there is. So I just 113 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: hired out this whole island for my fortieth birthday awesome, 114 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: and which my fortieth was last year, but because of 115 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: COVID obviously couldn't do anything, so it'll. 116 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 2: Go for the next five years. You could celebrate for 117 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 2: the next five years rebel. 118 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, So it was delayed, so I hired Marlon Brandos, 119 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: the famous actor his private island or French Polynesia and yeah, 120 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: and then my dear friends blew us in their jet 121 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: and then I had a whole week of these activities 122 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: that were all themed about my favorite things in the 123 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: world to do, like play tennis and go to the movies. 124 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: So we created our own movie cinema there and and 125 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: just had like the best. We had like an eighties 126 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: themed pool party, and it was just awesome, Like other 127 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: girls from Bitch Perfect came like and I had friends 128 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: from high school and my family and it was just 129 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: like it was epic, like it was I literally had 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: to pinch myself. 131 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 2: It was. 132 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: It was the most gorgeous, lavish thing. But I was like, 133 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: you know, I'm not married. I haven't had a wedding, 134 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: so I was like, this is kind of like my 135 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: wedding in a way. 136 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 2: Rebel, you deserve everything that you get. It's a magnificent book, 137 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: Bella the Brivee by Rebel Wilson. You can get it now, 138 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 2: and we appreciate you coming on the show. Rebel. I'm 139 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 2: so glad you're doing so well. 140 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: Oh thanks, and yeah, I can't wait to get back 141 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: back down there. I missed. I've been away for far 142 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: too long with all the rules and everything, so yeah, 143 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: I can't wait to come back. 144 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: Thank you, love, have a lovely day you guys. 145 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: Fits and Whipper