Rebel Wilson posts rare photo of mother Sue Bownds and reveals her unique career
Rebel Wilson shared a rare photo of her mother Sue Bownds and her surprising profession on Sunday.
On Instagram, the 44-year-old actress posted a photo of her mother in action as a dog judge during an event in China.
‘Mummy judges dogs in China. I’m happy with Bichon’s,” Rebel wrote.
Sue has been a professional dog handler since 1980 and often travels the world.
Rebel previously said of her childhood that her family often traveled around Australia for dog shows.
Rebel Wilson shared a rare photo of her mother, Sue Bownds, in her surprising profession on Sunday
“My childhood was full of weekend adventures at dog shows all over Australia and my family owned a business selling pet products from a caravan, including leads, treats and the best styling equipment available,” she said in a statement.
With a shared love for dogs, Rebel presented the Australian TV show Pooch Perfect on Channel Seven in 2020.
The series pitted ten professional dog groomers against each other in a series of themed challenges.
Taking to Instagram, the 44-year-old actress posted a photo of her mother captured in action as a dog judge at an event in China
It comes after Rebel lost her legal battle with her former Grimsby co-star Sacha Baron Cohen to ensure an intact version of her book Rebel Rising is published in Australia.
Instead, an edited version of the 44-year-old’s memoir will be published in Australia and New Zealand, with the entire chapter in which she accused Cohen of inappropriate behavior blacked out.
Although the book has already been published in the US, publisher HarperCollins Australia has confirmed that Australian readers will not be able to read the chapter.
“For legal reasons, we have edited one chapter in the Australian/New Zealand edition and added an explanatory note accordingly,” they said in a statement.
Sue has been a professional dog handler since 1980 and often travels the world
“That chapter is a very small part of a much bigger story and we’re excited that readers will get to hear Rebel’s story when the book comes out on Wednesday, May 8.”
The blacked-out chapter was titled “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other A**holes” and detailed the allegedly inappropriate way Cohen behaved towards her on the set of the 2016 comedy film Grimsby.
A spokesperson for Baron Cohen said the move was a clear victory for the actor: ‘Harper Collins did not review this chapter in the book before it was published. Took the sensible but belated step of removing Rebel’s defamatory claims.
‘Printing untruths is against the law in Great Britain and Australia; this is not a “quirk” as Ms Wilson said, but a legal principle that has existed for hundreds of years. This is a clear win for Sacha Baron Cohen.”
With a shared love for dogs, Rebel presented the Australian TV show Pooch Perfect on Channel Seven in 2020.