Rebel Wilson Calls Out 'The Deb' Producers & Billionaire Len Blavatnik in Explosive Series of Instagram Posts Amid Ongoing Legal Battle
Rebel Wilson has launched a series of Instagram posts calling out the producers of her film The Deb—in which she starred in, directed, and produced—along with billionaire Sir Len Blavatnik.
The 46-year-old Australian actress shared multiple posts on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday (March 17).
“Regarding the lawsuits and drama associated with my film THE DEB – my passion project, directing debut, a beautiful movie about a girl wanting to be pretty and realising she’s PRETTY STRONG in character – well there’s a lot to say!” she wrote in her first post.
She went on to say that she “was going to wait to take the stand,” but the “absolute bombardment” on her “via heavily paid crisis PR firms recently has taken its toll and it’s impossible to say nothing.”
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From there, Rebel claims that the “story no one is writing” is that The Deb and the producers she has complained about—like Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron, and Vince Holden—are all “funded by billionaire USSR born oligarch Sir Len Blavatnik.”
She then shared an email reportedly sent from her production company Camp Sugar to Blavatnik asking him to stop the producers’ alleged behavior and either remove them from the project or let her buy out the film.
Rebel claims she “flew to New York to his private residence to tell him face to face the struggles” she’s had with the people working for him.
“I sincerely thought he would do something about it,” she writes.
The Pitch Perfect alum notes that four lawsuits on two continents have been filed against her funded by his money.
Then, Rebel mentions that Blatvatnik was mentioned in the Epstein files and she included screenshots that appear to include his name, such as in an alleged email from Epstein to someone named Peggy Siegal asking her to “please ask Blavatnik” to find a job for a friend of his in Russia, in addition to other documents.
From there, the actress pivots to discuss her co-star in The Deb, Charlotte MacInnes, who has filed a defamation suit against her.
“On April 20th a trial will start in Australia where a young performer Charlotte MacInnes is suing me for defamation,” Rebel wrote.
Another slide included a photo of Charlotte at a pre-Grammy’s party, with Rebel‘s caption: “Here she is at a Warner Music pre Grammy’s party last month that was naturally attended by Sir Len Blavatnik who owns Warner Music. Amanda Ghost paraded MacInnes around and they have now started releasing her music.”
Forbes says he purchased Warner Music Group in 2011 for $3.3 billion before taking it public in June 2020 for “quadruple the value.” He reportedly maintains a majority stake.
Charlotte‘s latest single “Struck” was released by Atlantic Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music.
Rebel continued, “To my knowledge MacInnes only has a few thousand fans so it is odd she’s the recipient of such a deal and lives a lux international lifestyle as seen on her social media.”
Here’s what Rebel says in her final Instagram Story slides:
Everyone who knows me, knows I’ a true Rebel. I say it how it is. There was dodgy behaviour on my movie set by UK producers and I reported it – I thought reporting it would lead to action and hopefully a better industry overall. I thought calling out the bad behaviour would make it stop.
Instead maybe I innocently hit the tip of an iceberg? Maybe there’s more to this behaviour that very powerful people want covered up – they seem VERY INVESTED in silencing me and covering this up.
Sir Len Blavatnik, it’s never too late to do the right thing and take action against the people who behaved inappropriately- maybe stop funding them for a start? Maybe stop these ridiculous lawsuits and crisis PR attacks that is costing millions.
Because if these hats that I proudly had made for the cast & crew of THE DEB during filming are anything to go by – I am PRETTY STRONG and when push comes to shove, I’m going to get on the stand and tell it like it is.
Watch now for the ‘fun’ crisis PR articles that are coming down the track to try and discredit me. This is what these people DO – I’m not scared and I won’t be silenced.
Her Instagram Stories appear to have been prompted by the recent story published by The Hollywood Reporter alleging that leaked audio reveals she used a crisis PR team to plot a smear campaign against The Deb producer Amanda Ghost, a development that arose after Rebel suffered a legal setback in January.