Rebel Wilson confirms she is ‘happily’ in a new relationship

The comic actor did not disclose the identity of her new partner

Rebel Wilson in May 2022 (Getty Images for Netflix)

Rebel Wilson has confirmed that she is “now happily in a relationship” with a mystery man.

The Pitch Perfect star shared the update on her personal life while appearing on an episode of the U Up? Podcast hosted by Jordana Abraham and Jared Freid.

When asked how she met her new partner, the 42-year-old actor replied that a “mutual friend” connected the couple.

“I was on and off on the Raya app, but this was a friend set up,” she revealed.

“He'd known both of us for at least five years each, and was like, 'Yeah, I think you two would hit it off,' and then we did.”

She added that meeting a partner through a “trusted source” meant romance flourished quickly for the couple.

“I think that escalates things quicker, [meeting someone] from a trusted source,” she said.

“So then you're like, okay, I can trust this person, that they are legit, they are who they say they are – which is something on the [dating] apps you don't really know.”

The Isn’t It Romantic star did not reveal her new partner’s identity, however.

In February 2021, the Australian comic shared a photograph on Instagram in which she referred to herself as a “single girl” following media reports that she had split from her ex-boyfriend, Jacob Busch.

“Lots on my mind...aghhhhhh...#single-girl-heading-to-Super-Bowl!” she wrote in the caption of her post.

And in November 2020, she opened up about putting herself out on the dating scene in 2019 before pairing up with Busch, a year she labelled the ‘Year of Love’.”

“Last year was the year of love, that's why maybe I'm still so obsessed with dating and stuff because I deliberately went out and I dated a lot of different people,” she said.

“And I wasn't very experienced in love and relationships, my movie Isn't It Romantic was pretty similar to my real life in that respect. And so I went out and just gave it my all, tried really hard to find love and stuff.

“I said no to nobody. I went on some dates with some billionaires and then also some people who had nothing, it was the full spectrum of people.”

Wilson has previously dated stuntman Aden Stay, actor-producer Mickey Gooch Jr. and Australian tennis player Matt Reid.