A Comedian’s Takedown of Victoria’s Secret Angels Was Pitch-Perfect

Rebel Wilson is no angel. The Australian comedian and Bachelorette actor took the stage at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday night to publicly apologize for her purported wild antics on the set of Pitch Perfect 2. She wore a pair of oversize white wings with black leggings and a bedazzled bra, but the words printed on the back of her pants suggested her message was about more than just fashion. 

“Think,” the pants read in bold silver capital letters that mimicked the logo of the Victoria’s Secret line “Pink,” which is known for sweatpants bearing the brand name across the butt. In the press room of the awards show, Wilson told reporters the pants were about encouraging girls to use their brains rather than their bodies. 

“Sometimes girls look at Victoria’s Secret models and think they have to model themselves after that...but I really don’t think that’s the best,” the 29-year-old said. “We’re all different shapes and sizes and nationalities, and I think that one of the messages in [Pitch Perfect 2] is we’re all beautiful.”

Wilson, who plays a character named Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect films, often uses her weight as a source of comedy, but it doesn’t always go over well. When she hosted the MTV Movie Awards in 2013, she caught flak for continually inserting herself into the punch line of fat jokes, including in her opening monologue, when she said, “I’m just a fat simple girl from Australia.”

Her stunt at this year’s awards show is the second one this week to mock Victoria’s Secret supermodels, who are branded as angels. Lane Bryant’s new campaign takes a direct swipe at Victoria’s Secret with its “I’m no angel” hashtag and advertisements that aim to promote body acceptance by featuring curvy women of varying sizes. 

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Original article from TakePart