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Sacha Baron Cohen's representative responds to Rebel Wilson claims

Rebel Wilson is claiming Sacha Baron Cohen has tried to stop the release of her upcoming memoir, 'Rebel Rising.' (Getty Images / Reuters via CNN Newsource) Rebel Wilson is claiming Sacha Baron Cohen has tried to stop the release of her upcoming memoir, 'Rebel Rising.' (Getty Images / Reuters via CNN Newsource)
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Rebel Wilson is claiming Sacha Baron Cohen has tried to stop the release of her upcoming memoir, 鈥淩ebel Rising.鈥

Wilson and Baron Cohen starred together 鈥淭he Brothers Grimsby鈥 in 2016.

鈥淚 will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyer or PR crisis managers,鈥 Wilson wrote on her Instagram stories on Monday. 鈥淭he 鈥榓**hole鈥 that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen.鈥

Without naming Baron Cohen, Wilson had previously written on social media: 鈥淗e鈥檚 trying to stop press coming out about my new book. But the book WILL come out and you will all know the truth.鈥

In her posts, Wilson did not specify what she wrote about Baron Cohen. However, a spokesperson for the comedian and actor told CNN Wilson鈥檚 claims are false.

鈥淲hile we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false 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,鈥 the spokesperson said.

鈥淲hen I first came to Hollywood, people were like, yeah, 鈥業 have a no a**hole policy, means like, yeah, I don鈥檛 work with a**holes.鈥 I was like, 鈥極h yeah. I mean, that sounds sensible or logical. But then it really sunk in because I worked with a massive a**hole and yeah, now I definitely have a no a**holes policy,鈥 Wilson said in a shared on Instagram earlier this month.

In a 2016 interview with , Wilson spoke about Baron Cohen wanting her to film a nude scene in 鈥淭he Brothers Grimsby,鈥 which she declined.

鈥淵ou want to know that the people (behind the camera) have a certain sensibility and decency,鈥 Wilson said at the time. 鈥淎nd a lot of times in comedy they鈥檙e not those people.鈥

鈥淩ebel Rising鈥 is due to release on April 2.

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