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Rebel Wilson Gets Passive Aggressive Note From WeHo Neighbor

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Rebel Wilson, the Australian actress who played Kristen Wiig's roommate in "Bridesmaids," has recently moved to West Hollywood. In an appearance on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" last night, she read aloud a note that she got from her new neighbor in which she was welcomed to the neighborhood and yet also threatened with a phone call to the cops if she doesn't keep the noise down.

"I'm glad you are enjoying your new pool and hot tub, but I am trying to sleep," the anonymous note-leaver wrote. Here's Rebel reading the whole thing:

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