by Jennifer McShane
13th Mar 2016
13th Mar 2016
attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.
Between having the craic and banter on a well-deserved night on the town, it can be easy to forget things. You forget your phone (still at the bar), your lipstick (in the toilets – hopefully not physically) or your coat (left in the cloakroom?- RAGE). While upsetting, all these items can be retrieved?or bought again. What isn’t worth forgetting, and for a much more serious reason, is to mind your drinks throughout the evening. While airing on the side of caution, none of us will want to assume every person who gives our table a second glance is up to something sinister, but it can be all too easy to adopt the ‘that won’t ever happen to me’ mantra when it comes to the topic of drink spiking. Statistics for this in Ireland are unavailable, and cases are scarcely reported, but it happens.
Actress Rebel Wilson was victim to a horrid sounding case of apparent drink spiking while out with friends, and recounted her experience in a series of Tweets, so as to warn young women (and men too) to take extra caution and ensure they remain safe in this regard.
Although she hasn’t specified where the spiking took place aside from a “trendy bar”, the?How To Be Single?star used social media as a means of informing her fans about what had happened, and encouraging them?to be vigilant. She explained that she became disorientated?after only drinking a small amount of a drink she believed had been spiked, and revealed she had recovered?but reiterated that if anyone found themselves in a similar situation, not to shrug it off; act quickly and get yourself to safety.
Here are her tweets:
Hey guys, but especially to all the girls out there, please be super careful about what you drink when out at clubs and bars at night X
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) March 10, 2016
I had one drink last night at a trendy club which I believe may have been spiked with something. I felt super tried and disoriented.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) March 10, 2016
I got home safely but woke up this morning feeling like I'd been hit by a truck. I never thought that would happen to me, but if it does…
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) March 10, 2016
please act as soon as you feel something strange and get yourself to safety.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) March 10, 2016
Lucky for me, I only drank 1/3 of the drink and realized something wasn't quite right in time to get home before it really hit me.
— Rebel Wilson (@RebelWilson) March 10, 2016
It all sounds very scary and is further proof that if a public figure – who will presumably have a team of people around them – can be targeted, it really can happen to anyone.
Stay safe and be careful.