Rebel Wilson reveals she has a “no a–holes policy” after working with Sacha Baron Cohen.
In her recent memoir, Rebel Rising, Rebel revealed that she had uncomfortable experiences working with Sacha on The Brothers Grimsby. Allegedly, Sacha continuously asked her to appear nude in the film.
“It felt like every time I’d speak to SBC, he’d mention that he wanted me to go naked in a future scene,” Rebel wrote in her memoir. “I was like, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha.'”
Additionally, in a passage from her memoir, Rebel stated that Sacha asked her to ‘stick her finger up his a**’ to add humor to a scene in the film. “It felt like [he] had sexually harassed me,” she wrote.
Since then, Sacha allegedly fought to delay the release of Rebel’s memoir. However, Rebel posted to her Instagram story on March 24: “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.”
Following this post, in a statement to E! News, Sacha’s representative shared the following:
“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.”
Rebel Wilson Has ‘No A–holes Policy’ After Working With Sacha Baron Cohen
The Pitch Perfect star sat down with Andy Cohen for an episode of Watch What Happens Live. On the April 8th episode, Andy asked her how much money would convince her to work with Sacha again.
“No money ever,” she responded. “I have now a no a–holes policy with work.”
Andy then asked if she’d do it for $30 million — even up to $50 million. Yet, she still stuck to her first answer: no.
On an Instagram video still posted on her feed on March 15, Rebel reiterated the same message.
“When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, ‘Yeah I have a no a–hole policy, it means I don’t work with a–holes,’ and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, I mean that sounds sensible, logical,'” she said.
“But then it really sunk in what they were meaning by that — older people in the industry — because I worked with a massive a–hole, and yeah now I definitely have a no a–holes policy.”