Yanira D. Kivi 
Rebel Wilson returns to his family roots in his new ABC reality series “Pooch Perfect”.
LOS ANGELES – Rebel Wilson goes to the dogs. And this is not the first time.
The Australian actress comes from a family with a long history of dog handling and grooming and will return to her roots as the host of ABC’s “Pooch Perfect”, an eight-episode series featuring 10 groomers from dogs and their assistants participating in challenges.
She said Thursday that her great-grandmother had created a beagle club in Australia and his mother judged dog shows internationally. Child, Wilson was traveling in the yellow van of his family to attend shows and sell grooming products despite her allergy to dogs.
“My mother was devastated when I chose not to continue the family legacy,” said Wilson during a virtual call with the Television Critics Association. “When I told him I was not going to continue in the family business and try to be an international movie star, she cried. I had to tell him in a public place to do it nothing too crazy.
On the show, Lisa Vanderpump, dog groomer Jorge Bendersky and veterinarian Callie Harris will vote on the dog groomers’ creations, and a team will be returned to the doghouse – or eliminated – each week.
The remaining teams compete against each other in a grooming transformation. The top three teams will compete for $ 100,000. The show premieres March 30 and is based on an Australian version.
“Pooch Perfect†is Wilson’s first project after going through his own transformation. She lost 60 pounds in her self-proclaimed health year last year.
“I showed it a bit too shamelessly on Instagram,†she said. “I get two looks per episode, and I love working with my stylist and showing off the new physique because still single. So this is my prime time opportunity to really show off it.â€
Wilson worked without an audience in the studio due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the seats are filled with stuffed animals.
“I don’t try to bring comedy into the show,†she said. “I also do what is called ‘dogography’ in the show, which is a new term that I coined. We dress the protected areas (production assistants) in dog costumes, and I work at little dances. I tried to lighten it “.
