Actor, writer, producer, and director Rebel Wilson and fashion and jewelry designer Ramona Agruma were introduced to each other by a friend over text message in November of 2021 while on opposite sides of the world. Rebel was filming a commercial on a remote island in Fiji, and Ramona was in Los Angeles. Then, after two weeks of communicating virtually, Rebel dropped everything and flew to L.
A. to meet Ramona and see if their connection felt as strong in real life. “I’d never been more excited than on our first date at Hotel Bel-Air,” Ramona remembers.
“After two weeks of talking and feeling a connection, I was nervous. Rebel arrived, and I instantly noticed her warm, charming smile. She put me at ease straight away.
I asked her to hold my hand, and she did. The chemistry was pretty instant.” Early on in the couple’s relationship, one of their favorite first dates was at the happiest place on earth—Disneyland—in early December of 2022.
“As the sun set, it was becoming really cold, and Ramona gave me her oversized cardigan to wear,” Rebel says. “She insisted that I wear it, even though it would make her cold. That’s just typical of the type of person she is.
So giving, so loving!” After just over a year of dating, the couple got engaged back at the theme park, in front of Cinderella’s castle, on Valentine’s Day in 2023. “Bob Iger had organized for a special area to be roped off surrounded by topiary trees for privacy,” Rebel reveals. Their wed.