By Ewan Somerville
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have used a picture of themselves in tennis gear to announce their divorce.
The British actor, 52 and the Australian actress, 48, revealed that they jointly filed to end their 14 years of marriage last year.
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher at a screening of the Oscars in Sydney in 2021.Credit: AP
They made the news public on Instagram on Friday, when they shared a picture of themselves posing in a white tennis kit and wrote: “After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down.
“In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritised our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change.
The couple announced the split via Instagram.Credit: Instagram / Sacha Baron Cohen
“We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
The pair married in 2010 and have three children, daughters Olive, 17, and Elula, 13, and nine-year-old son Montgomery.
It comes days after the Australian actress Rebel Wilson made a series of allegations about Baron Cohen in her memoir, Rebel Rising, which was released in the US earlier this week but delayed from publication in Australia until early next month. UK publication has also been delayed until April 25.
The book was originally delayed after details emerged of her account of working on Grimsby (The Brothers Grimsby in the US) with Sacha Baron Cohen. Wilson alleges that she did not want to appear naked in the film and that Baron Cohen asked her to stick her finger up his backside during the filming of a sex scene.
Wilson had previously released a statement saying she had “worked with a massive a--hole” and vowed that she “will not be bullied or silenced with high-priced lawyers or PR crisis managers” from editing out claims from her book.
Baron Cohen subsequently released a statement denying the claims, saying they were “demonstrably false” and were “directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence”.
Rebel Wilson’s memoir, Rebel Rising, has been delayed until May.Credit: Invision
Two months ago, Fisher discussed her Valentine’s plans with Baron Cohen on The Kelly Clarkson Show, saying: “Every year Sacha does give me a card that’s like, ‘Happy Valentine’s from ... ’ and then there’s a massive question mark.
“As if anybody else would send me ... as if I have any other Valentines. I’m a mother of three. I mean, I’m always like, ‘Ooooh. So many men.’”
Fisher also joked in 2022 that she and Baron Cohen had been a couple for “probably 200 years” if judging “by Hollywood standards” as many showbiz stars had been in far shorter marriages.
The pair met in Australia in 2002 and married in 2010. They put the Los Angeles life behind them and moved to Sydney in 2020 and later to Perth, but were last year spotted house-hunting in London.
Telegraph, London