Rebel Wilson is claiming Sacha Baron Cohen has tried to stop the release of her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising.
Wilson and Baron Cohen starred together The Brothers Grimsby in 2016. Baron Cohen, through a spokesperson, has now denied Wilson’s claims, calling them “demonstrably false”.
“I will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers,” Wilson wrote on her Instagram Stories on Monday afternoon.
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“The ‘a–hole’ that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen,” she alleged.
Without naming Baron Cohen, Wilson had previously alleged on her Instagram Stories on Saturday: “I wrote about an a–hole in my book. Now, said a–hole is trying to threaten me.”
“He’s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers. He’s trying to stop press coming out about my new book. But the book WILL come out and you will all know the truth,” she alleged.
A spokesperson for Baron Cohen, who is married to Australian actress Isla Fisher, has since told CNN Wilson’s claims are false.
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“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 said.
“When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, yeah, ‘I have a no a–hole policy, means like, yeah, I don’t work with a–holes’,” Wilson said in a video shared on Instagram earlier this month.
“I was like, ‘Oh yeah. I mean, that sounds sensible or logical. But then it really sunk in because I worked with a massive a–hole and yeah, now I definitely have a no a–holes policy.”
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In a 2016 interview with UK Marie Claire, Wilson spoke about Baron Cohen wanting her to film a nude scene in The Brothers Grimsby, which she declined.
“You want to know that the people (behind the camera) have a certain sensibility and decency,” Wilson said at the time. “And a lot of times in comedy they’re not those people.”
Rebel Rising is due to be released in Australia on April 3.
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