Sacha Baron Cohen fired back at former co-star Rebel Wilson after she made a bold claim against him and called him an “a--hole.”
Years after the two stars worked together in the 2016 movie ‘The Brothers Grimsby,’ the Australian actress revealed that she dedicated an entire chapter to Sacha in her upcoming tell-all book, ‘Rebel Rising.’
“I will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyer or PR crisis managers. The ‘a--hole’ that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen,” Rebel wrote on her Instagram Stories on Monday.
Sacha Baron Cohen's spokesperson said Rebel Wilson was making "false claims" that contradict "detailed evidence"
Image credits: Sacha Baron Cohen
Rebel’s words pushed the Borat actor’s spokesperson to release a statement about the “false claims” made by his former co-star.
“While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby,” the spokesperson reportedly said.
The Australian actress claimed in the past that her co-star Sacha Baron Cohen pressured her to "go naked" for the filming of a movie and to "stick [her] finger up [his] butt"
Image credits: Rebel Wilson
Last week, Rebel posted a video on Instagram about working with a “massive a--hole” but did not reveal the co-star’s name at the time. She added that an entire chapter of her book was dedicated to the actor she worked with.
"When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, 'Yeah, I have a no a**hole policy. [It] means, like, yeah, I don’t work with a--holes.' I was like, 'Oh yeah. I mean, that sounds sensible or logical,'" the actress said in the video shared on March 15.
"But then it really sunk in because I worked with a massive asshole, and, yeah, now I definitely have a no a--holes policy," she added.
Last week, Rebel Wilson said that she dedicated an entire chapter of her book to a "massive a--hole"
Back in 2014, Rebel also claimed on a radio show that Sacha asked her to “go naked” for the filming of The Brothers Grimsby. The actress added that she threatened to call their agent up and tell her that he was “harassing” her.
“Every day he’s like, ‘Just go naked, it will be funny. Remember in ‘Borat’ when I did that naked scene? It was hilarious,’” Rebel said at the time. “On the last day, I thought I’d obviously won the argument, and he got a body double to do the naked scene.”
Rebel claimed Sacha even asked her to “stick [her] finger up [his] butt” for the film’s final scene, prompting the actress to point out that this was not part of the script.
The Dictator actor then said, “Look, I’ll just pull down my pants, you just stick your finger up my butt, it’ll be a really funny bit,” according to Rebel’s claim.