Rebel Wilson is naming Sacha Baron Cohen as a previously unidentified Hollywood star who allegedly threatened her with legal action to try and block her memoir.
In a post on social media, Wilson called out the Borat actor as the “a**hole” she wrote about in her book. “I will not be bullied or silenced by high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers,” read the statement on Wilson’s Instagram Stories.
She continued, “The a**hole that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen.” In an Instagram post last week, Wilson had opened up about a “massive a**hole” she encountered in the industry.
The actress shared that she intended to dedicated a whole chapter to this person but didn’t reveal the name of the person. “Do you wanna know why I have a ‘no a**holes’ policy now with people I work with? …Well it’s all in the book,” Wilson teased her Rebel Rising memoir.
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