Ramona Agruma and Rebel Wilson.Photo:Rebel Wilson/instagram
Rebel Wilson/instagram
The sparks betweenRebel Wilsonand now-fiancéeRamona Agrumadidn’t take long to fly.
“She sets up our first date for a few hours after I land: lunch at the Hotel Bel-Air,” Wilson recalls in the book, excerpted in this week’s PEOPLE. “I’m so nervous. I’m also worried that if Ramona and I do hit it off, I don’t have much sexual experience with a woman. And I’ve only had time to read half of theGirl Sex 101book.”
“We both order food and we try to eat, but we can’t really eat anything. And so … well … I don’t want to embarrass Ramona, but … we instead opt to go to the bathroom and make out,” she continues. " ‘I think you need to come back to my house,’ I say. I’ve never just invited someone straight back home, but I’m only in L.A. for the week."
“I take her to my bedroom. We just … connect. It feels beautiful,” adds the Australian actress.
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Rebel Wilson with daughter Royce and fiancée Ramon Agruma.Cliff Watts
Cliff Watts
We talked about how it never quite seemed to work out with me and these ‘dudes,’ " theIsn’t It Romanticactress writes in her book. " ‘Why don’t you just date a woman?’ Hugh quipped. ‘Let me connect you with my friend Ramona.’ "
“Ramona and I started FaceTiming and talking on the phone — getting to know each other the old-fashioned way,” she continues, explaining that even though she “was supposed to stay in Australia through the holidays, intrue Hollywood rom-comstyle, I jumped on a plane to fly halfway around the world to L.A. to meet Ramona.”
And following their successful first face-to-face encounter, “I take Ramona as my date to theVanity FairOscarParty. We hold hands in front of all of Hollywood,” Wilson recalls.
Cover of Rebel Wilson’s memoirRebel Rising, out April 2, 2024.
After the two went on to welcome daughterRoyce Lillianvia surrogate in November 2022, Wilson proposed onValentine’s Day2023.
To pull off the surprise, Wilson told Agruma “that we’ve got to go toDisneylandto try thenew Mickey and Minnie ride.” But the actress had more than just Disney magic up her sleeve.
“Ramona sees the pastel rose petals all over the ground and the roses in vases,” she writes. “I tell her how special she is to me. And then I get down on one knee and open the ring box. I end with ‘So in this cliché way, on this cliché day,Ramona Agruma, will you marry me?’ ‘Yes,’ she says through the tears streaming down her face.”
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source: people.com
