Tanya Sweeney: Why wouldn’t Margot Robbie be bridesmaid at her friend’s wedding? Talk of her ‘upstaging’ the bride is weird

Margot Robbie was bridesmaid for her friend Britt Claxton recently. Photo: Getty

Tanya Sweeney

From red carpet premieres to chat shows, Margot Robbie has spent much of the past year in a mega-watted version of the limelight. Yet when she went back to her native Queensland recently, Robbie wasn’t the centre of attention for a change.

Robbie was barely distinguishable from the other beautiful yet simply dressed bridesmaids as they attended the wedding of Britt Claxton, one of the actress’s oldest friends. “This Barbie is a Bridesmaid!” Claxton appeared to say on a clip from the wedding, shared on social media. Visibly beaming and on hand to hold Britt’s bouquet, Robbie was every inch the dutiful, supportive bridesmaid as her pal took centre stage, the way most brides tend to do.