Rebel Wilson isn’t backing down from shocking claims about former co-star Sacha Baron Cohen.
The actress writes about her experience working with Cohen in her new memoir, Level Rising, and describes how uncomfortable she felt while filming the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby. Cohen has vehemently denied her claims, and Wilson now insists she is telling the truth, saying she was “humiliated and degraded as a human being” on the set of the movie. There is.
“That happened 10 years ago and I’m obviously getting over it now, but it was the worst professional experience,” she admitted in an interview with Today on Monday morning.
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Rebel Wilson hasn’t recanted her claims about Sacha Baron Cohen. (Getty Images)
“I just feel humiliated and degraded as a person, and I thought it was worth sharing in this book because I’m sure there are a lot of people out there who have had the same experience,” she continued.
Wilson also claimed that since her allegations about Cohen’s behavior gained attention, “many women have contacted me and said they had similar experiences with this man.”
Rebel Rising is set to be released on April 2nd, and she has been talking about the chapter in her book dedicated to Cohen on social media. She initially ignored mentioning him by name, instead calling him a “boring person” with whom she had previously worked, but when he tried to stop her from publishing her book, she When he allegedly did so, she stopped him directly.
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Rebel Wilson claims Sacha Baron Cohen sexually harassed her while filming the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images, AFI)
“I will not be bullied or silenced by highly paid lawyers and PR crisis managers,” Wilson wrote on her Instagram Story last week. “The hole I’m talking about in a chapter of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen.”
In The Brothers Grimsby, Wilson and Cohen co-starred as a married couple with nine children. Variety then reported that Wilson accused Cohen of “harassing” her on a film set during an interview on a radio show.
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“Every day he says, ‘Get naked. It’s going to be funny. Remember ‘Borat.'” When did you do that naked scene? “It was very funny,” Wilson said. “On the last day, when I thought I had clearly won the argument, he had Kagemusha perform the naked scene,” the paper reported.
Sacha Baron Cohen released a statement through his representative denying Wilson’s claims. (Getty Images)
Cohen allegedly told Wilson to “stick around” [her] raise your finger [his] The “Bat” movement was filmed during filming of the final scene, even though it was not included in the script.
“Here, just pull down my pants and stick your finger up my ass. It’s going to be really funny,” he reportedly said.
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A representative for Cohen denied her claims, telling Fox News Digital, “While we understand the importance of speaking out, these patently false claims are based on contemporary documents, film footage, , which is categorically refuted by extensive and detailed evidence, including eyewitness accounts from those who were previously present.” Both during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby. ”
Rebel Wilson says the book’s claims have been “completely legally scrutinized.” (James Gorey/Getty Images, AFI)
Wilson admitted in a new interview that she was not surprised that Cohen denied the accusations against her, saying, “Obviously, knowing his personality, I expected him to react this way.” ” he said.
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“When I write a memoir, the book is fully legally scrutinized,” she explained, “so of course there are people who support what I say in the book. There are a lot of them. This book is 100% honest and true.”
Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
