Johanna Griggs: "Did you not learn anything from Rebel Wilson?"
Just weeks after Rebel Wilson won her landmark defamation suit against Woman’s Day, it seems the magazine is back to its old tricks.
House Rules presenter Johanna Griggs has slammed the publication in a scathing Instagram post after learning of an article about her and her husband, with the false, first-person headlines appearing to come from Griggs herself, “Why my hubby’s the bravest man in the world,” and, “I saved my husband’s life”.
Woman’s Day also included quotes from a “family friend” who allegedly claimed the TV personality “had a sixth sense something was wrong,” and insisting her husband got the lump in his throat checked out. The magazine also reported Griggs’ “world was collapsing,” as she came to terms with the “very real possibility” of her husband’s impending death.
In a lengthy Instagram post yesterday, Griggs sorted fact from fiction, unleashing her frustration on the mag.
“Oh [Woman’s Day]. Did you not learn anything from [Rebel Wilson] smashing you in court?” she wrote. “Or even from me calling you out previously for taking a lot of poetic license with your articles?
“I see you've excelled with your creative writing yet again this week... which as usual is filled with more errors than I thought could be possible.
“For the record: I didn't have a 6th sense about anything... nor did I save my husband’s life. The doctors and medical staff who looked after him did.
“Todd wasn't rushed off to hospital like you've made up in your fantasy world. In fact we booked in to see specialists and doctors and in to the hospital like thousands of other families do every year.
“In fact pretty much the only thing that is accurate in your article is that Todd did have an operation and for the record he has been doing really well since.
“And as much as he giggled at your cover line of being called 'The Bravest Man in the World' even he thinks that's a stretch. Seriously guys – give it a rest, and stop over-dramatising things for us. We are just fine thanks!”
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