Rebel Wilson Claims Sacha Baron Cohen Tried Blocking Release of Memoir

Rebel Wilson claims Sacha Baron Cohen is making an attempt to make her hold his identify out of her guide as an “a**hole” in showbiz — and he or she suggests he is making an attempt to muzzle her.

The actress teased that one of many chapters in her forthcoming memoir, ‘Rebel Rising,’ will identify a douchebag in Hollywood that she says she had a nasty expertise with — teasing the prospect of figuring out this alleged jerk practically 2 weeks in the past forward of her guide’s launch.

Welp, late Sunday … she received forward of her personal deadline and referred to as out this particular person straight on social media — claiming Sacha’s the man, with another selection phrases for him as properly.

Rebel writes, “I will not be bullied or silenced by high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers. The “asshole” that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen.”

The accusation follows a video Rebel posted on March 15, wherein she considerably detailed her run-in with Sacha — explaining she’d been informed by some early in her profession that they’d a zero-tolerance coverage on “assholes” within the business … saying SBC kickstarted her personal.

The 2 of them starred in 2016’s ‘The Brothers Grimsby’ — with Sacha enjoying the lead and Rebel enjoying a key supporting function. Different costars embrace Sacha’s spouse, Isla Fisher, Mark Sturdy, Lex Shrapnel, Rory Keenan, Tamsin Egerton and others. Louis Leterrier directed.

Rebel hasn’t elaborated on what precisely she believes Sacha did to realize this rep in her thoughts — however in any case … she says she’s devoted a number of pages to the man, and the entire story will likely be out quickly sufficient for all to peruse.

The memoir is out April 2nd — it is being distributed by Simon & Schuster.