Rebel Wilson Says ‘Pitch Perfect’ Contract Required Her to Maintain Weight: ‘I Was Stereotyped’ as ‘That Fat, Funny Friend’

The actress told podcaster Alex Cooper she was prohibited from gaining or losing more than 10 pounds

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Rebel Wilson says her contract for the “Pitch Perfect” franchise prevented her from losing weight.

The actress-writer-producer, who played Fat Amy in the 2012 musical comedy and its 2015 and 2017 sequels, told “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper that she could not lose or gain more than 10 pounds.

“I couldn’t lose a massive amount of weight, because it was in the contracts for that movie,” she said on Wednesday’s episode. “You can’t lose, I think it’s not more than 10 pounds or gain more than 10 pounds. You have to kind of stay at the weight that’s in your contract.”

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