Actress Rebel Wilson has alleged that she was paid "a lot of money" by Hollywood executives to stay at a larger size.
Wilson became a household name after portraying "Fat Amy" in Pitch Perfect, however, as she entered her forties, she decided that it was time to focus on her health.
In recent months, she has enlisted the help of personal trainer Jono Castano, and has lost a significant amount of weight - a journey that she's been documenting on Instagram.
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Speaking to The Sun, while promoting Amazon Prime’s LOL: Last One Laughing, Wilson revealed that her American acting agency was keen to keep her on, as there were very few actors working at the time that looked like her.
''It’s not like I want to lose weight and get to around a certain number. It’s more than that, it’s about dealing mentally with with why I was overeating and I had a job where I was paid a lot of money to be bigger, at times which kind of can mess with your head a bit.
"So now I’m just trying to work on the mental side and the physical job and doing a lot of personal training and, and on the nutrition side like it’s, it’s cool I should probably write a book at some point about it because people seem to be interested.
"There’s no real simple answer to it. I’ve been trying a lot of different things and to be healthy.''
This comes after Wilson took to Instagram earlier this week to share a slew of snaps showcasing her weight loss.
Check out Wilson working up a sweat in an intense workout:
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The 40-year-old donned a belted royal blue dress, which perfectly showed off her stunning figure.
Promoting her new show, LOL: Last One Standing, Rebel captioned the snap, "Press for LOL Australia coming globally June 19 only on Amazon Prime Video."
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Last month, Rebel revealed she had set herself an ambitious weight loss goal - namely that she wants to slim down to 75kg.
"Even if you have to crawl towards your goals, keep going x it will be worth it," she told her fans.
"Try and give a little bit of effort each day...I know some days are frustrating as hell, you feel like giving up, you get annoyed at the lack of progress...but good things are coming your way [...] what are your goals this year? I’ll be honest with you guys - with my “Year of Health” mission I’m trying to get to 75kg’s and career wise am trying to get one of my movies into production before the end of the year! Both of these things are requiring a daily effort and there’s constant set backs - but I’m working hard x [sic]."
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You're looking amazing, Rebel! You keep doing you!