https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/06/rebel-wilson-apologises-for-claiming-to-be-first-plus-sized-lead-in-a-romcom > The actor faced a media storm as she initially blocked Twitter complaints, before acknowledging other stars including Mo’Nique and Queen Latifah > Rebel Wilson has apologised after claiming she was “the first ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy” while promoting her new film Isn’t It Romantic. In a post on Twitter the actor wrote: “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.”