Two weeks after Rebel Wilson revealed that she calls out Sacha Baron Cohen in her memoir, Rebel Rising, the comedian, 52, and his wife, Isa Fisher, announced their divorce. According to a newly released statement on Friday, April 5, the estranged spouses revealed they split last year.
“After a long tennis match lasting over 20 years, we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage,” Sacha and Isla wrote in a joint Instagram Stories statement. “We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
The news comes two weeks after Rebel, 44, revealed that Sacha is the “a**hole” she mentions in her memoir, accusing him of inappropriate behavior on the set go their film, Grimsby.
“I wrote about an a**hole in my book. Now, said a**hole is trying to threaten me,” the Pitch Perfect actress said in a since-deleted Instagram clip. “He’s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers. He is trying to stop press coming out about my book. But the book WILL come out, and you will all know the truth.”
In her book — which came out on Tuesday, April 2, Rebel wrote about her alleged experience working with the Trial of the Chicago 7 star on the set of their comedy movie Grimsby.
“It felt like every time I’d speak to SBC, he’d mention that he wanted me to go naked in a future scene,” Rebel claimed in one excerpt from her memoir. “I was like, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha.”
She then detailed an alleged exchange between her and Sacha, claiming that he wanted her to film a sexual scene that she hadn’t agreed to.
Two weeks after Rebel Wilson talked about Sacha Baron Cohen in her book, their divorce was announced. Sacha and his wife, Isla Fisher, shared in a statement on Instagram that they split up last year after being married for over 20 years. They mentioned that they have been working through this change privately and asked for respect for their family’s privacy.
This news came shortly after Rebel revealed that Sacha is the person she refers to as an “a**hole” in her book. She accused him of inappropriate behavior on the set of their movie, Grimsby. Rebel made it clear that despite his attempts to stop the press, her book will still be released, and the truth will come out.
In her book, Rebel shared her experience working with Sacha on the movie Grimsby, claiming that he repeatedly pressured her to do nudity on screen, which she refused to do. She also mentioned an uncomfortable exchange where he wanted her to film a sexual scene against her wishes.
