Margot Robbie reveals she faked her own DEATH as a child to prank her babysitter: ‘I got a big kitchen knife and the ketchup’
Margot Robbie has hilariously revealed how she faked her own death to get back at the babysitter she was having issues with as a young girl.
The Barbie actress, 33, revealed during an interview conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike on BBC 2 that she once smeared ketchup on her body and lay next to a kitchen knife after a conflict with a new babysitter she wasn’t liking all that much.
Robbie waited 45 minutes to be discovered by the nanny – but said it was all worth to watch her run out of the house, screaming.
‘We got a new babysitter,’ Margot recalled during an interview with BBC Radio 2. ‘And I wanted my old babysitter back, Talia, who was like sixteen and I thought she was so cool. And then we got this much older lady in and I was just not happy about it.’
‘She told me to go have a bath and I didn’t want to, and she was very cranky and I thought, “I’m going to show you.”
‘I got a big kitchen knife and the ketchup’: Margot Robbie has hilariously revealed how she faked her own death to ‘get back’ at her childhood babysitter
‘And so I got a big kitchen knife and the ketchup and I lay sprawled out naked on the tiles, covered myself in ketchup and put the kitchen knife.
‘And I waited for like 45 minutes for her to find me. But, it was worth the wait.’
‘Did she run screaming from the house?’ interviewer Zoe Ball asked.
‘Oh yeah,’ she replied.
‘You produced your own death,’ Ryan Gosling chimed in. ‘I did,’ Margot replied.
The Wolf Of Wall Street star also recalled another time she scared people as a child – so much the ambulance was even called.
‘I also once practiced like a pratfall on the cinema stairs at the shopping center where I’m from,’ she said. ‘People started calling an ambulance so, I guess I was a bit of a dramatic child.’
Margot and Ryan have been on an epic promotional tour in support of their highly anticipated new film, Barbie, set for release on Friday.
It’s set to be released the same day as another long-awaited drama, Oppenheimer, in an event that has come to be known as Barbenheimer.
That’ll show her! The Barbie actress, 33, revealed during an interview on BBC 2 that she once smeared ketchup on her body and lay next to a kitchen knife after a conflict with a new babysitter she wasn’t liking all that much
‘You produced your own death,’ Ryan Gosling chimed in. ‘I did,’ Margot replied
Hijinks: Robbie, pictured in her primary school photo, talked about how she got back at her babysitter as a kid
The term Barbenheimer has blown up so much on social media that the phrase now has its own Wikipedia page.
The entry describes Barbenheimer as ‘an Internet phenomenon that began circulating ahead of the theatrical release of two films diametrically opposed in genre, Barbie and Oppenheimer, on July 21, 2023.’
It also digs further into the roots of the intrigue behind Barbenheimer, citing the extreme ‘contrast’ between the two movies.
The page reads: ‘The contrast between Barbie, a fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig about the fashion doll Barbie, and Oppenheimer, a biographical thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan about theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, provoked a comedic response from Internet users.’
I’m a Barbie girl! Margot and Ryan have been on an epic promotional tour in support of their highly anticipated new film, Barbie, set for release on Friday
Highly-anticipated: Margot stars as the eponymous Barbie doll while Gosling plays Ken
Box office face-off! It’s set to be released the same day as another long-awaited drama, Oppenheimer, in an event that has come to be known as Barbenheimer
Naturally, when the internet is presented with a combination of cultural phenomenon and comedy, memes ensue.
The films’ stars have also gotten involved with the Barbie and Oppenheimer fiasco. Thankfully, they have remained civil and are even supportive of each others’ films.
Margot signed a Barbenheimer shirt during the Barbie press tour. Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy also recently broke his silence on the discourse.
‘I adore Margot Robbie, I love Ryan Gosling, I want to see them now!’ he told Spanish publication La Vanguardia.
‘My advice would be for people to go see both on the same day. If they are good movies, that’s what wins in the cinema,’ he added.
Robbie and Gerwig took it a step further and showed their support by posting a picture of themselves with tickets to see Oppenheim.
Recently, Murphy returned the favor and posted a snap of him and Nolan with tickets to the Barbie movie.
As Barbie hits cinemas… here’s what the critics are saying
Margot Robbie’s highly-anticipated Barbie movie is released July 21 after a whirlwind press tour, and already it has earned many rave reviews.
The film stars Robbie as the iconic Mattel doll and Ryan Gosling as Ken alongside an A-list ensemble cast that includes America Ferrera, Dua Lipa, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae and Will Ferrell.
Here, DailyMail.com takes a look at what the critics are saying…
‘Dazzling’: Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosliing, is a hit with critics
‘My main criticism, actually, has nothing to do with the subject matter. Barbie or no Barbie, it’s not intrinsically that good a film. It’s uneven, disjointed, the plot makes no real sense — and the dead hand of corporate America weighs heavily upon it.’ – Sarah Vine, Daily Mail
‘Yes, Barbie is fun. Yes, it will make you laugh and might make you think. But […] it won’t change your life, probably not your summer, maybe not even your week.’ – Brian Viner, Daily Mail
‘This is a truly original work – one of the smartest, funniest, sweetest, most insightful and just plain flat-out entertaining movies of the year’ – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
‘In Gerwig’s capable hands, even a movie about the one of most popular toys of all time eludes expectations at every turn. Barbie is her mainstream masterpiece, a dazzling dream that will touch the souls of everyone who sees it’ – Coleman Spilde, The Daily Beast
Both a master’s thesis on feminism and an Austin Powers-esque romp’ – Chandler Levack, Globe And Mail
‘The zaniness of Barbie, combined with Gerwig’s interest in skewering the patriarchy, sometimes makes the movie a baggy, tonally dissonant viewing experience. But for the most part, she achieves a pleasing balance between the silly and the serious’ – Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
‘Barbed statement wrapped in a visually sumptuous & sublimely silly cinematic confection’ – Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
‘A soulful film underneath all the persistent fuchsia. One that has heart and ambition as well as abundant beauty, inside and out’ – Tomris Laffly, TheWrap
‘What really makes this comedy click are the stellar performances, from the lead role on down. This is the funniest cast I’ve seen in some time’ – Peter Howell, Toronto Star
‘This is a wonderfully fun watch that somehow manages to simultaneously celebrate and satirise the Barbie brand, its feminism and girliness pairing like gorpcore sandals with a floaty pink skirt’ – Alice Saville, Time Out
‘Robbie takes an archetype long dismissed as an airheaded caricature and, moment by deeply felt moment, teases and fleshes her out’ – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
‘Robbie takes an archetype long dismissed as an airheaded caricature and, moment by deeply felt moment, teases and fleshes her out’ – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
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