Andrew Hornery

The Sydney Morning Herald has come under fire after journalist Andrew Hornery revealed he had planned to out Rebel Wilson before the actress went public ...

The publication messaged Rebel Wilson saying they would out her in 2 days - and is now complaining that she chose to announce her relationship with a woman herself. "Like other mastheads do every day, we simply asked questions and as standard practice included a deadline for a response. Turns out rebel Wilson only came out to avoid being forcefully outed and now that newspaper is pissed at her for ruining their scoop? You’re right: it was ‘her choice to ignore your queries’. Grow up,” said ABC Radio journalist Dan Cox. Disgraceful! June 12, 2022 So they wrote this mess?” read another Tweet. so they wrote this mess?? I’ve just read this— Megha Mohan (@meghamohan) @smhpiece 3 times to make sure that I wasn’t misreading. i am so beyond disgusted at this. Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. “The publication messaged Rebel Wilson saying they would out her in two days - and is now complaining that she chose to announce her relationship with a woman herself.

In a tweet, Kate Doak, a reporter for the Australian television news program 10 News First, slammed the Sydney Morning Herald for giving Wilson “a heads up 2 ...

The Sydney Morning Herald’s piece instantly backfired on social media, where Doak and many others admonished the periodical for forcing Wilson to go public with her relationship. The “Pitch Perfect” actor’s remarks come shortly after the Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece Saturday bashing her for coming out on her own terms despite its efforts to expose her. On Thursday, Wilson beat the publication to the punch by confirming that she is dating Agruma via Instagram.

A celebrity romance is a happy story. When I started hearing from friends and associates of Rebel that she was in a new relationship, as a gossip columnist I ...

It is not the Herald’s business to “out” people and that is not what we set out to do. But we need to make it clear that a deadline is not an ultimatum. Given I have a column every Saturday, I have a deadline and it is standard procedure to set out the timeframe. When I started hearing from friends and associates of Rebel that she was in a new relationship, as a gossip columnist I could see that was potentially a story, as her previous boyfriends had been. So, after months of posts of the women together on Rebel’s Instagram account – from Oscars parties to Valentine’s Day, and most recently as VIP guests at the gay and lesbian World Pride Polo match in Florida – I assumed there was a good chance she might be happy to discuss it. On the weekend I wrote about the background leading to Rebel Wilson’s social media post revealing her new relationship with another woman.

Attempting to handle the backlash against his paper's outing of Wilson, Sydney Morning Herald editor Shields' 'apology' copped its own.

It’s a strange assertion, given the fact that the SMH‘s intention of outing Wilson was literally in the first line of the article. “And the Herald’s decision about what to do would have been informed by any response Wilson supplied.” White alleges that she was in a compromising position — bending over, with her underwear exposed. Many of the men who were outed lost their jobs and their families; some took their own lives. As Rebel Wilson knows, we do not live in a perfect world.” He then goes on to describe how the paper outed her. Last week, Australian actor Rebel Wilson announced on Instagram that she was in a same-sex relationship with fashion designer Ramona Agruma. Great, good for them.

A seemingly happy moment in the Aussie actress' life looked to be revealed on her own terms. It wasn't.

That was not fair, and I apologise.” But I see she has handled it all with extraordinary grace,” he wrote. “Self-realisation, telling friends and family, a first relationship. Love is love, right?,” Hornery wrote in the article published on Saturday. He said his email was “never intended to be a threat” but he wanted to make it clear he was “sufficiently confident” with his information and to “open a conversation”. That was never my intention.

Australian newspaper columnist Andrew Hornery has apologised for the 'tone' of his controversial Rebel WIlson article, and said it was never his intention ...

I'm a bit of a matchmaker in my spare time, but Rebel was a really hard one and so was Ramona,' he told 2Day FM I'm a bit of a matchmaker in my spare time, but Rebel was a really hard one and so was Ramona,' he told 2Day FM. 'And that was a really good way to get to know each other. Whether, when and how to come out should be decided by the individual, entirely on their terms. To say that the Herald 'outed' Wilson is wrong,' Shields wrote in ' A note on Rebel Wilson'. It was a bit old-school in that sense — very romantic.' turns out [Wilson] only came out to avoid being forcefully outed and now that newspaper is pissed at her for ruining their scoop??' 'Like other mastheads do every day, we simply asked questions and as standard practice included a deadline for a response. Saturday's piece followed that theme in giving readers insights into our interaction with Wilson and her PR team. This was not a standard news story. 'Our weekly Private Sydney celebrity column last week asked Wilson if she wished to comment about her new partner. What's worse, openly gay men at the Sydney Morning Herald were involved in this.'

An Australian newspaper columnist has apologized for a story that appeared to accuse actor Rebel Wilson of spoiling his attempts to out her as gay.

"In trying to tell the story within the story, which is what Private Sydney does, the tone of my column on Saturday was also off. "To say that the Herald 'outed' Wilson is wrong," he wrote. "The last thing I would ever want to do is inflict that pain on someone else." But I see she has handled it all with extraordinary grace." She was awarded a record-breaking $3.6 million defamation payout, though the figure was later reduced on appeal. In a new column published Monday, Sydney Morning Herald journalist Andrew Hornery says he did not seek to "out" the star, but understands why his email giving a deadline for comment on Wilson's new partner "could have been seen as a threat."