Rebel Wilson Claims Sacha Baron Cohen Is Hollywood 'A--hole' 'Trying to Threaten' Her, Block Memoir

After teasing out the identity of an unnamed "a--hole" she claims to have worked with in the past, Rebel Wilson went ahead and revealed who it was ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir.

"I will not be bullied or silenced by high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers," Wilson wrote in a new update on her Instagram Stories. "The 'a--hole' that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my books is: Sacha Baron Cohen."

The comedian, best known for portraying the fictional characters Borat and and Ali G, worked together on the 2016 Grimsby film, with Wilson portraying the girlfriend of Cohen's characters.

As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, Wilson had previously spoken up about her filming experience with Cohen on the film in 2014, telling Australia's Courier and Mail that "every day" he'd ask her to "go naked" for a scene. She said she even threatened to tell their shared American agent "how much you are harassing me."

She thought she'd won that ongoing argument when the film used a body double for the final 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 the newspaper, Wilson settled on a compromise with Cohen's character, slapping him on the butt instead. TooFab has reached out to a representative for Cohen for comment.

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