Rebel Wilson has doubled down on her claims against Sacha Baron Cohen, accusing him of ‘bullying and gaslighting’ after leaked footage emerged appearing to contradict her claims.

The Pitch Perfect star recently accused the actor of trying to prevent the release of her upcoming memoir Rebel Rising.

In the book, Wilson claims Cohen asked her to stick her finger up his bum during a 𝓈ℯ𝓍 scene for 2016 comedy The Brothers Grimsby.

Cohen has vehemently denied the claims and on Friday, March 29, the Daily Mail released behind-the-scenes footage in which the two actors can be heard discussing the scene.

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In the video, Wilson, whose book is due to go on sale tomorrow (April 2), can be heard seeming to agree to slapping Cohen’s butt and go ‘down the crack.’

The Borat star says: “It’s almost as if you’re going to ram your fingers inside,” to which Wilson replies: “Yeah.”

But, despite some people claiming the footage proves Cohen is right to deny the claims, Wilson has since hit back, saying the video doesn’t tell the full story.

She said in a statement to USA Today: “It is an (expletive) move to release footage of one part of that disgusting episode while leaving out everything that preceded it including my horrified refusal to stick my finger up SBC’s butt.

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“This could not have possibly been for the film as the director Louis Leterrier was not even present.

“What this edited video shows is what I had to do in order to get out of the room, as written in Rebel Rising.

“Releasing unauthorized and misleading behind the scenes video without my approval is SBC’s latest way of bullying and gaslighting me.

“The outpouring of messages from so many who have also been mistreated by SBC show I’m not alone.”

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In her book, Wilson says she was left feeling ‘scared’ after her co-star insisted on filming an extra scene in which he pulled his pants down and told her to stick her finger up his butt.

“I was now scared. I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I slapped him on the (bottom) and improvised a few lines as the character,” she wrote in the excerpt.

In response a spokesperson for Cohen said in a statement: “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.”

UNILAD has reached out to Sacha Baron Cohen’s reps regarding the allegations made against him.

Topics: Rebel Wilson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Film and TV, Celebrity

Featured Image Credit: Vincent Sandoval/Getty Images / Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFISacha Baron Cohen responds to Rebel Wilson revealing he’s the Hollywood ‘a**hole’ that ‘threatened her’Wilson has claimed Baron Cohen is trying to stop her publishing her memoir.

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Sacha Baron Cohen has responded to Rebel Wilson’s claims that he was ‘an a**hole’ who’d tried to stop her publishing her memoir.

Rebel Wilson made headlines earlier today for the claims, which she had made previously without identifying the ‘a***hole’ in question.

The Borat star and Wilson worked together on 2016 film, The Brothers Grimsby.

A spokesperson for Baron Cohen told The Hollywood Reporter: “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 Pitch Perfect star claimed on her Instagram that she had a ‘no a**hole’ policy after one particular experience with a ‘massive a**hole’.

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She said in an Instagram story posted on March 15: “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.

“But then it really sunk in [what they, the older people in the industry, meant] because I worked with a massive a**hole and yeah, now I definitely have a no a**holes policy.”

“The chapter on said a**hole is chapter 23. That guy was a massive a**hole.”

Wilson went on to claim that she was allegedly being ‘threatened’ by the person in question.

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She said: “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.”

This past Sunday (March 24), she posted another story revealing the person’s identity as Sacha Baron Cohen.

At the time, Baron Cohen had not addressed the allegation himself or on his social media accounts.

However, this is not the first hint of an apparent fractious relationship between the two.

In 2014, Wilson spoke on the Australian radio show Kyle and Jackie O about her time working on the film, saying: “Sacha is so outrageous… Every single day he’s like, ‘Rebel, can you just go naked in this scene?’ And I’m like, ‘No!’

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“Sacha and I have the same agent in America and I’m like, ‘Sacha, I’m going to call our agent Sharon and tell her how much you are harassing me.”

Wilson went on to claim: “Every day he’s like, ‘Just go naked, it will be funny.

“On the last day I thought I’d obviously won the argument, and he got a body double to do the naked scene.

“Then in the last scene…he was like, ‘Rebel can you just stick your finger up my butt?’ And I went, ‘What do you mean Sacha? That’s not in the script.’

“And he’s like, ‘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 Wilson, she was able to reach a compromise with Baron Cohen, saying: “You don’t wanna be a diva so I … said I’ll slap you once on the butt and that’s it.”

Rebel Wilson’s book is available to pre-order here.

Topics: Sacha Baron Cohen, Rebel Wilson

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Featured Image Credit: Instagram/rebelwilson/Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicRebel Wilson claims people have come forward to her with ‘stories’ about Sacha Baron CohenThe Pitch Perfect star said she won’t be ‘threatened’ by her fellow Hollywood star

Niamh Shackleton

Published Mar 27, 2024, 13:00:25 GMTLast updated Mar 28, 2024, 12:51:10 GMT

Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen’s feud continues.

In recent days, the Pitch Perfect star spoke of a ‘massive a**hole’ in the film industry that she worked with, whom she’s written about in her memoir Rebel Rising.

While she didn’t name him at the time, she alleged that the celebrity and his PR team were trying to ‘threaten’ her and stop press coming out about her book.

The following day, Wilson named Borat actor Baron Cohen as the person she was referring to.

The pair worked together on 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby.

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In the wake of her allegations, Baron Cohen’s team have issued a statement.

They told The Hollywood Reporter: “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.”

Now Wilson has doubled down on her comments about not being threatened by her former co-star while alleging that others have come forward to her about their own experiences with Baron Cohen.

“Thanks so much who sent gorgeous messages of support in the last few days and to those who shared with me their own stories of this a**hole,” she penned to her Instagram Story yesterday (March 26).

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“Don’t worry I won’t be bullied or threatened by this guy! And am working hard behind the scenes to make sure my book comes out!”

Wilson added: “Ps my book is not ABOUT this guy – this is one chapter!”

As it stands, Rebel Rising is scheduled to be released on April 2.

An extract from the chapter on Baron Cohen published by People sheds further light on Rebel’s allegations, with her claiming at one point the comedian asked her to ‘stick [her] finger up [his] ass’.

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The chapter reads: “‘Okay, well, we’re gonna film this extra scene,’ SBC says. Then he pulls his pants down.

“SBC says very matter-of-factly: ‘Okay, now I want you to stick your finger up my ass.’ And I’m like, ‘What?? … No!!’ …”

Baron Cohen’s team shared nine anonymous statements supporting his version of events, including five who witnessed the filming of the scene in question and disputed Rebel’s claims.

One producer said: “As per the script, which Rebel had read and approved in advance, her character was attempting to put a finger in Sacha’s character’s butt.

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“At no point did Sacha actually ask her to put a finger in his butt.”

So far, Baron Cohen and Wilson’s The Brother’s Grimsby co-stars are yet to comment on the matter.

Baron Cohen’s wife Isla Fisher also starred in the film, as well as Mark Strong, Penelope Cruz, Empire‘s Gabourey Sidibe and Peaky Blinders favorite, Annabelle Wallis.

The comedy movie has a 6.2/10 rating on IMDb pro, with one reviewer hailing it as a ‘hardcore comedy for adults’.

“The good thing about Sacha Baron Cohen’s movies is that you know exactly what you are in for when you step into the cinema,” said another The Brothers Grimsby viewer. “Anybody who is offended at the crude humour in SBC’s movies, has only themselves to blame.”

When approached by UNILAD to comment on the ongoing situation, a spokesperson for Baron Cohen said: “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.”

Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, News, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rebel Wilson

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Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@rebelwilson/Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty ImagesRebel Wilson makes shocking claim about how Sacha Baron Cohen used to humiliate her on setRebel Wilson has been speaking about Sacha Baron Cohen in her new memoir

Callum Jones

Published Mar 27, 2024, 07:30:15 GMTLast updated Mar 28, 2024, 12:52:03 GMT

Rebel Wilson has made yet another shocking claim about Sacha Baron Cohen and how he apparently used to humiliate her on set.

Wilson made all the headlines on Tuesday (26 March) for claims she made about Cohen, which she had made previously without identifying the ‘a***hole’ in question.

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She said in an Instagram story posted on March 15: “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.

“But then it really sunk in [what they, the older people in the industry, meant] because I worked with a massive a**hole and yeah, now I definitely have a no a**holes policy.

“The chapter on said a**hole is chapter 23. That guy was a massive a**hole.”

The Borat star and Wilson worked together on 2016 film, The Brothers Grimsby.

In a later Instagram story, Wilson said that it was Cohen who she was talking about.

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“I will not be bullied or silenced by high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers. “The ‘a**hole’ that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen,” she wrote on her story.

Wilson has also spoke about her relationship with Cohen in her new memoir, Rebel Rising.

Recalling the time when they began filming on The Brothers Grimsby, Wilson said: “It felt like every time I’d speak to SBC, he’d mention that he wanted me to go naked in a future scene. I was like, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha.’”

And when they were filming one day at a soccer stadium in Cape Town, Wilson claims: “SBC summons me via a production assistant saying that I’m needed to film an additional scene. ‘Okay, well, we’re gonna film this extra scene,’ SBC says. Then he pulls his pants down … SBC says very matter-of-factly: ‘Okay, now I want you to stick your finger up my ass.’ And I’m like, ‘What?? … No!!’ …”

Baron Cohen has flat out denied saying this, as well as mistreating Wilson and pressuring her to go naked.

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When approached by UNILAD to comment on the ongoing situation, a spokesperson for Baron Cohen said: “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.“