Troll, methinks. Prob a subspecies that is fairly harmless. See how : They are moving goalpost (it is really about how unpredictable legal cases are etc).

That’s Resistance maintenance worker Rose Tico, play by Kelly Marie Tran. Yes, she is a major new character, who has a significant adventure with Finn in Episode VIII.

The defamation isn’t because they called her “older”, it’s because they called her a “liar”. Rebel Wilson shtick is the overly confident, obliviously obnoxious, overweight Australian woman. Calling her a liar and saying it is about her age and name hurts the Overly Confident and Obliviously Obnoxious parts of her…

There’s no reason this should make me super emotional but that pic knocked me over like a ton of bricks.

“In emails published by ABC News Online in Australia, Nementzik reveals that research indicates Wilson had never misrepresented her age, and has admitted her real name is Melanie.” This is why it would be defamation. Because the magazine knew from their own research that the accusations were not true. The author…

In emails published by ABC News Online in Australia, Nementzik reveals that research indicates Wilson had never misrepresented her age, and has admitted her real name is Melanie. As such, over the coming months, Woman’s Day was reportedly discouraged from posting an article about her by their legal team.

the magazine. knew. that. what. the “tipster”. shared. with. them. was. false.

I honestly don’t know if your an extremely polite internet troll or your really not getting what is going on here. This is an extremely simple case of defamation and Wilson has a good case.

There’s also a great one with Carrie and Mark Hamill:

I hate Annie Leibovitz and her ugly and boring brown filters. But will buy this VF - I’ll hunt down one with Carrie on the cover.

omg you’re still not getting it. the defamation is about them painting her as a liar. knowing full well that what they were publishing was untrue.

Oh my goodness, that picture with Billie Lourd.

Yes, it still is.

Your question was how this can end well for her. If she (presumably, I really have zero idea how any studio/agent/etc didn’t know her name and age, my gf knew that shit when Pitch Perfect came out...) did not lie about her age or name, and the reporter flagrantly claimed she did, and it caused attention to be drawn to…

No. There’s nothing to discover. If there was a insidious reason why everyone thought it was true than there wouldn’t be a defamation case...

How is this difficult to get?

What you’re wrong about is that the magazine said she was lying, when she wasn’t. That, itself, is defamation.

she is the one claiming that she was defamed. by the magazine saying she lied. claiming that what they wrote tarnished her reputation.

I think her argument is not necessarily that she isn’t getting jobs for lying about her age (not that she did) but that the people who would be giving her jobs now believe that she’s actually 33, rather than 26. And I think the over/under thirty is a big thing for actresses, especially the ones whose rolls tend to be…

Good for Rebel Wilson for trying to stop untrue things being written about her. I couldn’t believe it when that writer said she was funny.