Current:Home > StocksSacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fischer to divorce after 14 years of marriage -MarketLink
Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fischer to divorce after 14 years of marriage
View
Date:2025-04-13 02:33:29
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fischer are splitting after 14 years of marriage.
The "Borat" star and Fischer addressed their split on their respective Instagram stories on Friday in a photo of the duo wearing matching tennis outfits.
"After a long tennis match lasting over 20 years, we are finally putting our racquets down," the pair wrote, before addressing their joint divorce filing. "We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children."
"We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family's wish for privacy," they continued.
The pair met at a party in Australia in 2002 and married in 2010 in Paris. They have three children, two girls and a son, the youngest, born in 2015. The family has maintained their privacy, and their children are rarely seen in public.
Cohen is best known as a comedic actor for the title role in 2006's "Borat" and "Brüno" as well as dramatic star turns in "Hugo," 2012 film adaptation of "Les Misérables," and "The Trial of the Chicago 7." Fischer has appeared in popular movies such as "Confessions of a Shopaholic," "Wedding Crashers" and Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby."
Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fischer split comes amid controversy
The news comes after "Pitch Perfect" star Rebel Wilson, 44, alleged late last month that Cohen, 52, tried to stop the recent release of her memoir, "Rebel Rising," in which she writes about having a negative experience working with him on 2016's "The Brothers Grimsby."
Wilson claims in the book that Cohen asked her to stick her finger up his rear end for the film, which she says was not in the script, and she refused.
In a statement provided to USA TODAY, however, the actress doubled down on her allegations against Cohen and said the video did not tell the entire story.
"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," she said. "This could not have possibly been for the film as the director Louis Leterrier was not even present."
Cohen said Wilson's claims were "demonstrably false," according to a person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly.
"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," Cohen's rep said in a statement to USA TODAY.
Contributing: Edward Segarra, Taijuan Moorman, Maria Puente
veryGood! (741)
Related
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Heading for a Second Term, Fed Chair Jerome Powell Bucks a Global Trend on Climate Change
- The tide appears to be turning for Facebook's Meta, even with falling revenue
- Tesla slashed its prices across the board. We're now starting to see the consequences
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Inside Clean Energy: With Planned Closing of North Dakota Coal Plant, Energy Transition Comes Home to Rural America
- Researchers looking for World War I-era minesweepers in Lake Superior find a ship that sank in 1879
- Zoom is the latest tech firm to announce layoffs, and its CEO will take a 98% pay cut
- Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
- We Need a Little More Conversation About Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi in Priscilla First Trailer
Ranking
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Eggs prices drop, but the threat from avian flu isn't over yet
- Is Jenna Ortega Returning to You? Watch the Eyebrow-Raising Teaser for Season 5
- COVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won't be free to many consumers much longer
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- Whitney Cummings Is Pregnant, Expecting First Baby
- Inside Clean Energy: What We Could Be Doing to Avoid Blackouts
- In a Summer of Deadly Deluges, New Research Shows How Global Warming Fuels Flooding
Recommendation
SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
Warming Trends: Katharine Hayhoe Talks About Hope, Potty Training Cows, and Can Woolly Mammoths Really Fight Climate Change?
TikTok officials go on a public charm offensive amid a stalemate in Biden White House
Not Waiting for Public Comment, Trump Administration Schedules Lease Sale for Arctic Wildlife Refuge
What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
Is Temu legit? Customers are fearful of online scams
Inside Clean Energy: With Planned Closing of North Dakota Coal Plant, Energy Transition Comes Home to Rural America
Warming Trends: Katharine Hayhoe Talks About Hope, Potty Training Cows, and Can Woolly Mammoths Really Fight Climate Change?