{"id":601691,"date":"2026-04-23T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601691\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:07:10","slug":"charlotte-macinnes-evidence-on-difficult-rebel-wilson-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/601691\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte MacInnes Evidence On “Difficult” Rebel Wilson Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAustralian actress Charlotte MacInnes<\/a> has provided tearful testimony on the breakdown in her relationship with Rebel Wilson<\/a> during the making of The Deb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tMacInnes is suing Wilson for defamation in Australia, alleging that the Pitch Perfect star damaged her reputation by claiming that she was a victim of \u201cinappropriate behaviour\u201d by The Deb producer Amanda Ghost<\/a>, and then colluded with Ghost to cover up what took place.<\/p>\n

\n\tMacInnes gave evidence on Thursday, and was at times visibly emotional in the witness box of the Sydney court. On more than one occasion, her eyes pricked with tears, she shifted in her chair, and she took deep breaths to steady herself under cross-examination from Dauid Sibtain, Wilson\u2019s barrister.<\/p>\n

\n\tMacInnes told the court that it was \u201cvery difficult to be around\u201d Wilson after the Bridesmaids star alleged that she had complained about Ghost.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson\u2019s position is that Ghost abused her power and made MacInnes uncomfortable by sharing a bath with the actress when they were staying in a Sydney apartment in September 2023. Ghost and MacInnes\u00a0do not deny that they bathed together<\/a>, but both say it was a non-sexual encounter, during which they were wearing swimsuits, after Ghost experienced a medical incident. <\/p>\n

\n\tMacInnes denies that the incident made her uncomfortable, and repeatedly told the court that she \u201cnever made a complaint\u201d to Wilson about Ghost. In her affidavit, MacInnes said she did not have a good relationship with Wilson and \u201cwanted to finish the film and then never have to interact with her again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSibtain challenged this narrative by presenting MacInnes with a series of images of the actress smiling in photos with Wilson, including one from backstage at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards, featuring Cate Blanchett. The awards took place in February 2024, which was after The Deb had wrapped.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat was a very pleasant and light-hearted interaction that you had with Miss Wilson and everyone else in that group,\u201d Sibtain said. \u201cI did what I could to keep it light-hearted,\u201d MacInnes replied. \u201cAre you saying that this was under sufferance?\u201d Sibtain asked. MacInnes responded: \u201cI\u2019m saying it\u2019s very difficult to be around Rebel.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tSibtain showed the court another photo from September 22, 2023, which was days after the bathing incident. The photo showed Wilson and MacInnes smiling. \u201cAgain, a pretty comfortable and relaxed photograph,\u201d Sibtain asserted. MacInnes responded: \u201cI don\u2019t know how to answer that question. I was learning how to survive my interactions [with Wilson] after knowing what had been said about me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe continued: \u201cI had discussed with Amanda at that point that Rebel had told her that I made a complaint. I knew that I had never done that.\u201d Sibtain replied: \u201cI\u2019m suggesting to you that you had made a complaint and you were horrified \u2026 that it was going somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier in the day, the court heard that MacInnes and Wilson chatted about the bathing incident the day after it took place. It was during this discussion that Wilson claims MacInnes complained it made her feel \u201cuncomfortable.\u201d MacInnes said she may have described the events as \u201cweird\u201d or \u201cstrange and bizarre,\u201d but she did not discuss being made to feel uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this week, the court heard that Ghost suffered cold urticaria after a swim on Bondi Beach, a condition that effectively renders people allergic to cold water. Ghost was shaking uncontrollably and came out in hives, with MacInnes helping her back to the apartment, where they bathed together in swimsuits to help warm up Ghost.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson alleges that MacInnes walked back her complaint because of \u201cincredible opportunities\u201d\u00a0offered to her by Ghost, including being cast in a Gatsby stage show and landing a record deal. MacInnes denies this. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of myself,\u201d MacInnes told the court. \u201cI\u2019ve worked very hard,\u201d she added, voice cracking with emotion.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Deb\u00a0dispute is\u00a0playing out across different fronts in Los Angeles and Australia, overshadowing\u00a0the feel-good movie about outback teens attending a debutante ball. The film was finally released in Australia earlier this month, but it does not yet have a distributor in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case continues. Justice Elizabeth Raper is overseeing the trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian actress Charlotte MacInnes has provided tearful testimony on the breakdown in her relationship with Rebel Wilson during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[84272,236,259760,88,30957,106062],"class_list":{"0":"post-601691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amanda-ghost","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-charlotte-macinnes","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-rebel-wilson","13":"tag-the-deb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}