Rebel Wilson expressed gratitude to her supporters and other women, whom she said “shared their stories” about working with Sacha Baron Cohen as her allegations against the actor were revealed following the UK publication of her new memoir. Was amended in.
The 44-year-old actress wrote in her book “Rebel Rising” shocking claims About Barron’s behavior towards her during the shooting of the 2016 film “The Brothers Grimsby”, which she strongly denies. The unedited memoir was published in the US by Simon & Schuster on 2 April. A spokesperson for his UK publisher HarperCollins confirmed this people magazine Some excerpts were blackened in the British edition, which was released on Thursday.
Wilson stood by her statements and posted a photo to her Instagram Story on Wednesday night, which was taken in Edinburgh, Scotland during the first stop of her book tour.
“I want to thank everyone who came forward and acknowledged my experiences with Sacha Baron Cohen,” Wilson wrote on the photo.
Rebel Wilson’s shocking claims about Sacha Baron Cohen were revised in the UK edition of his new book “Rebel Rising.” (Getty Images)
He added, “Thank you for sharing your stories with me.” “I am very grateful to you and really appreciate it.”
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Wilson’s attorney Brian Friedman echoed his sentiments in a joint statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday.
She added, “Rebel and I want to thank all the women who have shared their stories with us about their experiences with Sacha Baron Cohen. We are grateful for their strength and bravery.”
A representative for HarperCollins tells People, “We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the UK version, we are redacting the majority of one page with a few other small revisions and an explanatory note “
The statement continued, “Those segments are a very small part of a much larger story and we’re excited for readers to know story of rebel When the book is released.”
Wilson thanked her supporters in a post on her Instagram Story. (Rebel Wilson Instagram)
On Thursday, the UK outlet Guardian It is told about the entire chapter “Borat” star, The title “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other A-Holes” was revised in the Australia and New Zealand editions, which are scheduled to be published on 8 May.
According to the outlet, the UK edition included an explanatory note that Wilson’s version of events in the chapter “cannot be printed here due to the peculiarities of the law in England and Wales.”
A spokesperson for Cohen, 52, told Fox News Digital, “HarperCollins did not fact-check this chapter of the book prior to publication and took the wise but too late step of removing Rebel Wilson’s defamatory claims, once Was presented with evidence that they were liars.”
“Printing lies is against the law in the UK and Australia; it is not a ‘specialty’ as Ms Wilson said, but rather a legal principle that has been in existence for many hundreds of years. This is a clear victory for Sacha Baron Cohen And it confirms what we’ve said from the beginning – that this is blatantly false, a shameful and unsuccessful attempt to sell books.”
In the UK edition the pages were blackened with an explanatory note added. (Getty Images)
Wilson and Cohen starred together as a husband and wife with nine children in “The Brothers Grimsby.” Later, according to Variety, Wilson accused Cohen of “harassing” her on the film set during a radio show interview.
She alleged that Cohen repeatedly asked her to appear nude in a scene and ultimately hired a body double for the nude scene after she refused.
Wilson also accused Cohen of asking her to “move (her) finger up” while filming the last scene, despite the move not being included in the script.
In his memoir, Actress Detailing her experiences working with Cohen, she described how uncomfortable she felt while filming “The Brothers Grimsby”.
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According to People, Wilson wrote of “Rebel Rising”, “The movie flopped badly, which was quite a karma for me.”
“I’m not canceling anyone and that’s not my motivation for sharing this story,” she said. “I’m sharing my story now because the more women talk about things like this, hopefully it happens less.”
According to Variety, Wilson accused Cohen of “harassing” her on the film set during a radio show interview. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
A representative for Cohen denied his claims, telling Fox News Digital, “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these patently false claims are directly refuted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, “Includes film footage and eyewitness accounts from firsthand people.” During and after the production of ‘The Brothers Grimsby’.”
After Cohen denied the allegations, Wilson insisted she was telling the truth, saying she was “belittled and humiliated as a person” on the film set.
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“It was something that happened 10 years ago, and obviously I’ve moved on from it now, but it was my worst professional experience,” she admitted in an April 1 interview on “Today.”
“Feeling insulted and humiliated as an individual, I thought it was only fair to share this Book Because there are probably a lot of people out there who have a similar experience,” she added.
Wilson also claimed that as her allegations about Cohen’s behavior have gained attention, “I’ve had a lot of women reach out to me and say they’ve had similar experiences with this guy.”
Wilson claimed that Cohen harassed her on the set of the 2016 film. (Lisa Marie Williams/Getty Images for Opera Australia)
Before the release of “Rebel Rising”, Wilson talked about the chapter of his book dedicated to Cohen on social media. She originally neglected to name names, instead referring to him as an “a-hole” with whom she worked, but when he allegedly attempted to prevent her from publishing her book, Called him directly.
“I will not be bullied or silenced by expensive lawyers or PR crisis managers,” Wilson wrote on her Instagram Story in late March. “The ‘A-hole’ I talk about in a chapter of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen,
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During his interview with “Today”, Wilson admitted that he was not surprised that Cohen was denying his allegations against him, saying, “Obviously, knowing his character, I “Thought he would react this way.”
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“When writing a memoir, the book is completely legally vetted,” she explained, “so obviously there are a lot of people out there to support what I’m saying in the book, the book is 100% honest and true. “
Fox News Digital’s Emily Trenham and Elizabeth Stanton contributed to this report.
