Rebel Wilson recalls how she realized she was attracted to women, details her ... trends now

Rebel Wilson has opened up about how she discovered her sexuality and the reasons for her 80 pound weight loss.

The actress, 44, appeared on Loose Women on Thursday, where she was interviewed by Judi Love about her new memoir, Rebel Rising.

Talking about sharing intimate details about her life in the book, Rebel discussed her journey with her sexuality, after getting engaged to fiancée, Ramona Agruma.

She admitted that she was 'forced' to come out to the world and that she had been 'very nervous' to tell her mother.

Rebel recalled:  'I announced I was in a relationship with a woman on social media. But, there's a bit of a story though because an Australian journalist was threatening to essentially out me… So, I was forced to kind of make it public.

'Not that it was something I was hiding, it was just something that I was slowly telling people because it's a bit of a shock when you've only been dating men to all of a sudden say, "I'm in a relationship with a woman".'

Speaking about how her mum took the news, she said: 'I remember being very nervous to tell my mom and then I had to tell her because she was flying over to LA and she was gonna meet Ramona. 

'I had to tell her and I'm like, "Mom, you know, Ramona, who you heard on the phone?" I go, "She's not just my friend. She's my girlfriend". 

'She was like, "Oh, that's great darling! Now what colour should I paint this side of the fence? Olive Green? Brown?"'

Rebel explained that she had realised that she was attracted to women while watching a tennis player at Wimbledon, saying it 'opened up my heart'.

She said: 'I did have a situationship, I guess you could say, that’s what the young people call it… With a professional female tennis player. 

'I was at Wimbledon and I was watching this woman play and I

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