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Sacha Baron Cohen denies Rebel Wilson’s claims after she said on social media that the “Borat” star is trying to stop her from publishing her memoir after she said it includes a chapter exposing her behavior. Wilson and Baron Cohen played husband and wife in the 2016 action comedy “The Brothers Grimsby,” on the set of which Wilson alleged that Baron Cohen pressured her to appear nude, among other things.
“While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive and detailed evidence, including contemporary documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during, and after the production of ‘The Brothers Grimsby.’ ‘”. Baron Cohen said in a statement to the press through a spokesperson.
On social media, Wilson had previously alluded to a “big jerk” he had once worked with, adding that the unnamed star had hired a crisis PR team and started sending him threats. in a new instagram In a March 25 update, she wrote: “I will not be intimidated or silenced by expensive lawyers or PR crisis managers. The ‘moron’ I talk about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen.”
In older posts, Wilson alleged that Baron Cohen is “trying to keep the press from talking about my new book. But the book will come out and you will all know the truth.” March 15th, Wilson wrote on Instagram.: “When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, yeah, ‘I have a no-assholes policy, meaning, yeah, I don’t work with assholes.’ I was like, ‘Oh, yeah. I mean, that sounds sensible or logical. But then I really understood it because I worked with a huge asshole and yeah, now I definitely have a no asshole policy.”
Speaking on a radio show in 2014, Wilson suggested that Baron Cohen had pressured her to “go naked” in “The Brothers Grimsby,” and she threatened to call their shared agent and tell him he was “harassing” her.
“Every day he says, ‘Just go naked, it’ll be fun.’ Remember in ‘Borat’ When did I do that nude scene? It was really funny,’” Wilson said. “On the last day, I thought he had obviously won the argument, and he got a stunt double to do the nude scene.”
Wilson also said that while filming the final scene of “The Brothers Grimsby,” Baron Cohen allegedly asked him to “stick his finger up my butt.” When Wilson pointed out that she wasn’t in the script, she claimed he said, “Look, I’ll just pull down my pants, you just stick your finger up my ass, it’ll be really fun.”
