Who are the producers of Rebel Wilson's directorial debut 'The Deb'? Actress sued for defamation as she accuses them of "bad behavior"

On Wednesday, July 10, Rebel Wilson accused The Deb producers Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron, and executive producer Vince Holden of "bad behavior" on set. In response, the producers of Wilson's directorial debut sued her for defamation on Friday.

In an Instagram video on Wednesday, Wilson announced to her 11 million followers that she was "met with absolute viciousness and retaliatory behavior." She also accused Ghost, Cameron, and Holden of blocking The Deb from premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival.

However, just two days after Rebel posted the video on social media, she was slammed with a defamation lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, in which the producers denied Rebel Wilson’s claims and accused her of "spreading vicious lies."

As per Deadline, part of the defamation lawsuit read:

"This lawsuit is about holding Rebel accountable for her attempts to bully Plaintiffs into conceding to her unreasonable demands by spreading vicious lies without regard for the irreparable damage her reckless words would cause on the hard-earned personal and professional reputations of Plaintiffs."

Written by Hannah Reilly and Meg Washington, The Deb marks Rebel Wilson’s first film as a director. It features Shane Jacobson, Tara Morice, and Naomi Sequeira, among others.

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"Just beyond devastating" — Rebel Wilson’s statement revisited as the actress is sued by producers of her directorial debut

In her Instagram post, the actress shed light on her directorial debut and mentioned she was proud of it. Speaking about the film, she added:

“It got selected for closing night of the Toronto Film Festival, which is like the hugest, best platform. And to be a first-time female director, it’s just like, I mean, it’s huge. It’s massive.”

She then spoke about the "business partners" saying that the film could not premiere at the event and added:

“So to have the joy of the movie being selected is one thing but then to have the business partners that are involved in that movie turn around and say, 'No, the movie can’t premiere,' is just beyond devastating.”

Rebel Wilson then explained the matter in detail and stated that it dates back to October 2023, when she discovered the "bad behavior of these business partners." She mentioned that this included "big things" like "inappropriate behavior towards the lead actress of the film" and "embezzling funds from the film’s budget."

She mentioned that after she reported this, she was met with "retaliatory behavior." She went on to say that the three producers tried to make her life "hell."

She was then sued for defamation on Friday and the lawsuit states that "Rebel was expected to collaborate with the Plaintiffs in good faith, stay on schedule, and behave professionally when on the job," however, she allegedly failed to do so.

“She flatly refused to collaborate with Plaintiffs, absconded from the Film for months at a time, behaved unprofessionally with employees of the Film, and repeatedly made unauthorized and improper disclosures about the Film,” the lawsuit mentioned.

The Deb’s producers' lawsuit also mentioned that "the plan was always to show the Film at TIFF." However, they accused Wilson of attempting to "force the issue and bully them" by "leveraging her popularity on social media."

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After the news came to light, Rebel Wilson took to Instagram to respond to the same as she urged the producers to let the film play the film festival and "stop messing about with a rubbish defamation suit."