Isla Fisher has broken her silence on social media after allegations emerged about her husband Sacha Baron Cohen.
The Australian actress, 48, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a photo with her friends Naomi Watts and Michelle Dockery as they spent time together in London.
It marked her first post and public outing since Rebel Wilson accused her comedian husband Sacha, 52, of sexual harassment in shocking allegations in her new memoir.
However, Isla brushed off the recent drama and grinned from ear to ear as she enjoyed a girls’ night out at the theater in London with her famous friends.
She cut a stylish figure in an all-black ensemble as she posed for a selfie alongside her close friends Naomi, Michelle and Australian producer Bruna Papandrea.
Isla Fisher has broken her silence on social media following the allegations about her husband Sacha Baron Cohen as she shared a photo at the theater with friends Bruna Papandrea, Naomi Watts and Michelle Dockery
The group took the photo while sitting in the audience of the Harold Pinter Theater in London as they prepared to watch The Hills of California.
Isla shared the image on her Instagram and simply captioned the post: “Girls’ night at the theater @hoctheplay @naomiwatts @brunapapandrea #michelledockery,” as she was not referring to the allegations against Sacha.
Naomi, 55, also reshared the photo on her own Instagram Stories as she documented their carefree girls’ night out in the West End.
Isla’s latest outing comes after her husband Sacha – who she married in 2010 and shares three children – was accused of sexual harassment by actress Rebel.
It marked her first post and public outing since Rebel Wilson accused her comedian husband Sacha, 52, (pictured in 2020) of sexual harassment in her shocking allegations in her new memoir
To shake off the drama, Isla and her close friends enjoyed a night out at London’s Harold Pinter Theater to watch The Hills of California. Sienna also shared photos from the night on Instagram
The Pitch Perfect star made shocking claims about her experience with ‘a**hole’ comedian Sacha in her new memoir, Rebel Rising.
Rebel played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in the 2016 comedy The Brothers Grimsby and made a series of accusations about her awkward experience during filming.
She claimed that on the set of the Louis Leterrier-directed film, Sacha would ask her to undress for scenes despite her ‘no nudity’ rule, in a series of claims that Sacha has strenuously denied and which she says are contradicted by evidence.
In a memoir passage obtained by People magazineshe shockingly claimed that Sacha asked her to ‘stick her finger up his ass’ because he thought it would make for a funny scene in the film, claiming that ‘it felt like (he) had sexually harassed me’.
She claimed she felt “completely disrespected, which led to me treating myself with even more disrespect by eating in an extremely unhealthy way.”
Rebel played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in the 2016 comedy The Brothers Grimsby and made a series of accusations about her awkward experience during filming
Rebel claimed that during filming, Sacha repeatedly “mentioned that he wanted me to get naked in a future scene,” which she said was “in no way essential” to the film’s plot.
In her book, which was released in the US on Tuesday – although the Australian release has been postponed indefinitely – she wrote: ‘It felt like every time I spoke to SBC he said he wanted me to go in naked. a future scenario. I thought: ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha.’
Rebel claimed that she was allegedly called in by a product assistant for an extra scene during filming in Cape Town, South Africa.
She said, ‘Okay, we’re going to film this extra scene,’” SBC says. “Then he pulls down his pants,” SBC says very matter-of-factly: “Okay, now I want you to stick your finger in my ass.” And I’m like, ‘What?? … No!!”’
Rebel claimed she was shocked and wanted to get out, adding: ‘I was scared now. I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I hit him on the butt and improvised a few lines as a character.”
She claimed Sacha would ask her on set to undress for scenes despite her ‘no nudity’ rule, in a series of claims Sacha has denied and says are contradicted by evidence.
The Bridesmaids actress also claimed that she only agreed to a sex scene with Sacha after several rewrites and recalled telling producers that she would not promote the film before its release.
However, newly emerged footage of the sex scene in the 2016 film appears to show that the action was part of the script and that the actress agreed to the scene.
Several never-before-seen clips from the film that didn’t make it into the final cut were obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com and show the characters of Rebel and Sarah using a mobile phone to film themselves getting intimate.
In the clips, Rebel can be heard discussing the scene while standing in front of the camera, but out of character, telling Sacha, “I’ll give you a slap (on your butt) and I’ll put a – through the crack” , to which he responds, “It’s almost like you’re going to ram your fingers in,” prompting her to answer “yes.”
According to those close to Sacha, director Louis Leterrier had to discuss nudity or sex scenes with Rebel before they were shot. They say she agreed to the scene.
She also claimed that Sacha asked her to “stick her finger up his ass” because he thought it would make for a funny scene in the film, claiming that “it felt like (he) had sexually harassed me.”
They also say the cell phone was used because the film called for Rebel and Sacha’s characters Dawn and Nobby to use an iPhone to film themselves having sex.
However, in a statement to DailyMail.com, Rebel doubled down on her book’s description of Sacha as an ‘a**hole’.
“It’s a piece of shit to release footage of part of that disgusting episode while leaving out everything that came before it, including my shocked refusal to stick my finger up SBC’s ass,” she said.
“This couldn’t possibly have been for the film as director Louis Leterrier wasn’t even present,” she claimed.
“What this edited video shows is what I had to do to get out of the room, as written in Rebel Rising. Releasing unauthorized and misleading behind-the-scenes videos without my consent is SBC’s latest way to bully and gaslight me.”
Sales of Rebel Wilson’s tell-all memoir Rebel Rising in Australia have been postponed indefinitely after it was set to go on sale on Wednesday
Sacha has strongly denied ever assaulting Rebel or pressuring her to be naked in the film.
A spokesperson for Sacha said: ‘While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these 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. ‘
Sacha’s team also provided nine anonymous statements from crew members supporting the claim that the scene was scripted.
Ny Breaking Australia contacted Sacha’s representatives for further comment at the time.
