A representative for Sacha Baron Cohen tells TMZ… “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false allegations are directly contradicted by extensive, detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, footage and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby.”
Rebel Wilson claims Sacha Baron Cohen is trying to get her to keep his name out of her book as a “jerk” in showbiz – and she suggests he’s trying to gag her.
The actress teased that one of the chapters in her upcoming memoir, ‘Rebel Rising’, will name a jerk in Hollywood who she says she had a bad experience with – teasing the prospect of identifying this alleged jerk almost 2 weeks before she did. book release.
Well, on Sunday night… she brought her own deadline forward and called this person out directly on social media – claiming Sacha is the one, with a few other choice words for him too.
Rebel writes: “I will not be intimidated or silenced by expensive lawyers or PR crisis managers. The “idiot” I’m talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen.”
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The accusation follows a video Rebel posted on March 15, in which she went into some detail about her falling out with Sacha – explaining that some people early in her career told her they had a zero-tolerance policy towards “idiots” in the industry. .. saying that the SBC kicked off its own.
The two starred in 2016’s “The Brothers Grimsby” – with Sacha in the lead role and Rebel in a supporting role. Other supporting characters include Sasha’s wife Fisher Island, Strong brand, Lex Shards, Rory Keenan, Tamsin Egerton and others. Louis Leterrier directed.
Rebel didn’t detail exactly what she believes Sacha did to earn that reputation in her mind – but in any case… she says she dedicated several pages to the guy, and the whole story will be out soon for everyone to know. to read.
The memoir will be released on April 2 – it will be distributed by Simon & Schuster.
We’ve reached out to Sacha’s team for comment… so far, no response.
Originally published – 6:27am PT