In a March 2023 appearance on “Watch What Happens Live,” Aussie actor Rebel Wilson revealed that she had introduced her mom to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at a polo match in Santa Barbara, California, the prior year. “Met Harry, could not have been nicer,” she recalled. “But then, Meghan was not as cool. She wasn’t as naturally warm.”
The meeting happened not long after Wilson cracked a joke about the Sussexes while hosting the BAFTA Awards. Before the award for outstanding British film was presented, Wilson suggested that some of the couple’s complaints about royal life were pure fiction. “From drama to horror to fantasy, Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah had it all,” she quipped.
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However, Wilson’s icy reception from Markle may be unrelated to the joke. On “WWHL,” the “Bridesmaids” star admitted that her mother wasn’t on her best behavior during the introduction. “My mom, being Australian, just asked her all these slightly rude questions,” Wilson recalled. “Like, ‘Where are your kids?'” Wilson has said that she finds this particular inquiry hurtful herself. In fact, on the “Life Uncut” podcast, she revealed that she considers it mommy-shaming. Just days after Wilson became a mom, she was on the receiving end of it. “I was shocked at the criticism because Chris Hemsworth goes to the gym, [and] people aren’t yelling, ‘Where’s your kids?'” she said. “But why do they do it to every woman?”
