BAFTAs 2022: Rebel Wilson’s X-rated joke about Daniel Craig ‘cut from BBC broadcast’
Aussie comedian Rebel Wilson hosted this year’s BAFTA Film Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday – but there was one gag that didn’t make it to air.
A joke about how she wanted to ‘sit on’ James Bond actor Daniel Craig was deemed too crude for broadcast, and the BBC cut it out before the ceremony was televised.
Only members of the audience heard the 42-year-old’s racy joke, reports The Sun.
Censored: Aussie comedian Rebel Wilson (pictured) hosted this year’s BAFTA Film Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday – but there was one gag that didn’t make it to air
The Bridesmaids star set up the gag by showing off a badly drawn fake ‘tattoo’ on her leg.
The drawing bore a slight likeness to Craig, and was next to the number ‘007’.
‘It looks like the word LOO – but I know which I would rather sit on,’ quipped Wilson.
She also reportedly made a joke about The Power of the Dog star Benedict Cumberbatch that didn’t make it to air either.
Naughty: A joke about how she wanted to ‘sit on’ James Bond actor Daniel Craig was deemed too crude for broadcast, and the BBC cut it out before the ceremony was televised. However, the broadcast did include Wilson showing off badly drawn fake ‘tattoo’ of Craig on her leg
Wilson also addressed her 5.5 stone (35kg) weight loss as she hosted Sunday’s awards.
The Sydney-born entertainer told the star-studded audience she had undergone ‘quite the transformation’ over the last two years as a photo of her from the BAFTAs in 2020 appeared on screen.
She then took a swipe at JK Rowling as she joked the Harry Potter author would not approve of her physical ‘transformation’, referencing the writer’s previous comments on transgender issues.
Rude: Only members of the audience heard Wilson’s racy joke about Craig (pictured as Bond)
Taking to the stage, Wilson said: ‘I might look a little different from the last time you guys saw me here.
‘That was two years ago and since then I have done quite a transformation. I hope JK Rowling still approves.
She jokingly added: ‘Everybody is asking me: “Why did you lose weight?” and I was like: “Really it was to get the attention of Robert Pattinson.”
‘Because you know what they say, once you go Bat you don’t go back.’
Transformation: Wilson also addressed her 5.5-stone (35kg) weight loss as she hosted Sunday’s awards show. (Pictured right at the BAFTAs in February 2020)
Wilson then joked she’d decided to lose weight in order to further her film career.
She said: ‘Just joking. I did not lose weight for just a guy, I did it to get more acting roles.
‘I am so excited I can play the non-funny love interest in an Adam Sandler movie.’
Wilson previously told how her polycystic ovary syndrome caused her to put on weight in her twenties.
The actress admitted she chose comedy acting after she gained weight because it relies less on appearance to secure acting jobs.
She jokingly added, ‘Everybody is asking me: “Why did you lose weight?” and I was like, “Really it was to get the attention of Robert Pattinson”‘
Before embarking on her ‘year of health’ in 2020, Wilson confessed she ‘knew her emotional eating wasn’t healthy’, as she used it to deal with her feelings.
Discussing her decision to take on roles such as Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect on the Life Uncut Podcast, Wilson said: ‘Being bigger I was kind of the normal size, maybe more on the athletic side when I was a teenager…
‘And then I had something called polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS] and one of the side effects is that you can gain weight rapidly when you’re 20/21.
‘So obviously I knew I was a bigger girl so I was like you just got to embrace it so that’s why I went into comedy acting because I knew how much power comedians can have, people are more likely to laugh at people they don’t want to have sex with.’
Wilson added, ‘I am so excited I can play the non-funny love interest in an Adam Sandler movie’
Discussing her decision to lose weight and get heathier in 2020, Wilson said: ‘I’m turning 40 I knew I can be healthier… I’m gonna make the big change and lose the excess weight, I had a lot of push-back from that.’
She detailed the changes in her life since dropping more than 70 pounds and explained that is has ‘opened doors’ for her into dramatic acting.
‘On the whole pretty much everyone’s been so supportive. Everyone’s been so nice and everyone gives you compliments,’ she said.
‘It’s opened up dramatic roles which I wasn’t getting considered before, which is awesome so I can really use my acting muscle.
‘I still think there was some statistic, leading ladies it’s less than one per cent of plus-size actresses, there is some movement in including different body types.’
Before and after: Wilson made headlines around the world after declaring 2020 her ‘Year of Health’, and has since lost about 35kg
Wilson made headlines around the world after declaring 2020 her ‘Year of Health’, as she started a quest to spend the year getting fit.
In May, the Fat Pizza star candidly admitted to feeling ‘sad’ that she’d waited until the age of 40 to embrace a healthier lifestyle.
‘Now that I know I can do it, sometimes I feel sad that I didn’t do it earlier,’ she told InStyle.
Admitting she’s always been ‘a bit of a late developer,’ Wilson said she wished she ‘tried when I was 30, not 40.’
‘But everybody’s journey is different, and it’s not a race or competition.’
‘I have a natural empathy for anyone who struggles with weight issues because that’s something I’ve always struggled with.’
Wilson said that ‘anyone can go on walks and drink more water and do little, consistent things that’ll improve their lives,’ and it’s never too late to start.
The Bellas! Wilson pictured as Fat Amy in the 2017 film Pitch Perfect 3
Elsewhere during the BAFTAs, Wilson made a jibe about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The star said the special, which aired on CBS in the United States on ITV in the UK in March last year, had everything from ‘drama to fantasy’ but was ‘unfortunately’ not nominated in the Outstanding British Film category at this year’s BAFTAs.
Introducing the nominations, Wilson said: ‘From drama to fantasy, Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview had it all.
‘Unfortunately, that’s not nominated in this category, but some incredible films are.
‘Let’s take a look at some of the most outstanding British films this year.’
Jibe: Elsewhere during the BAFTAs, Wilson made a jibe about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey
Harry, 37, and Meghan’s interview – which was nominated for a 2021 Television Critics Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a People’s Choice Award – was broadcast a year after they announced they were stepping down as working members of the royal family in January 2020.
The couple discussed their courtship and wedding, the sex of daughter Lilibet, who was born in June last year, Meghan’s suicidal thoughts, and their feelings of emotional and financial abandonment by the royal family.
Meghan, 40, also said comments had been made privately to Harry by someone within the royal family in relation to the skin colour of their then unborn son Archie, now two.
They also spoke of a royal title for Archie, the couple’s personal security, and Harry’s estrangement from his father Prince Charles, 73, and brother Prince William, 39, as well as Meghan’s relationship with her estranged family.
BAFTAs 2022: THE WINNERS
Best Film
The Power of the Dog- WINNER
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Outstanding British Film
Belfast- WINNER
After Love
Ali & Ava
Boiling Point
Cyrano
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
House of Gucci
Last Night in Soho
No Time To Die
Passing
Leading Actress
Joanna Scanlan, After Love – WINNER
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renata Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Leading Actor
Will Smith, King Richard- WINNER
Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava
Mahershala Ali, Swansong
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
Supporting Actress
Victory: Ariana DeBose was awarded the gong for Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story – WINNER
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ruth Negga, Passing
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ann Dowd, Mass
Supporting Actor
Congrats: Troy Kotsur got Supporting Actor for his role in Coda
Troy Kotsur, CODA- WINNER
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Director
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog- WINNER
Aleem Khan, After Love
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Audrey Diwan, Happening
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
The Harder They Fall- WINNER
After Love
Boiling Point
Keyboard Fantasies
Passing
Adapted Screenplay
CODA- WINNER
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Original Screenplay
Licorice Pizza- WINNER
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
EE Rising Star Award
EE Rising Star Award: Bond star Lashana Lynch won
Lashana Lynch – WINNER
Harris Dickinson
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Ariana DeBose
Cinematography
Dune- WINNER
Nightmare Alley
No Time To Die
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Animated Film
Encanto- WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Documentary
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
Becoming Cousteau
Cow
Flee
The Rescue
Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car- WINNER
The Hand of God
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
The Worst Person in the World
Costume Design
Costume Design: Cruella won the gong
Cruella- WINNER
Cyrano
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
Make Up & Hair
The Eyes of Tammy Faye- WINNER
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
House of Gucci
Original Score
Dune – WINNER
Being The Ricardos
Don’t Look Up
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog
Editing
No Time To Die- WINNER
Belfast
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Production Design
Dune – WINNER
Cyrano
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Sound
Dune – WINNER
Last Night in Soho
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place Part II
West Side Story
Special Visual Effects
Dune- WINNER
British Short Animation
Casting
Boiling Point
The Hand of God
King Richard
West Side Story
