The British writer of the actress Rebel Wilson’s memoir has redacted a portion of the e book that particulars allegations of inappropriate habits by Sacha Baron Cohen.
In the memoir, “Rebel Rising,” Wilson, recognized for her comedian roles in “Bridesmaids” and “Pitch Perfect,” candidly particulars her struggles with weight reduction, sexuality and cash. But what drew explicit consideration was a chapter detailing Wilson’s encounters with Baron Cohen on the set of the 2016 film “The Brothers Grimsby,” wherein she describes being requested by Cohen to look nude on movie and to carry out sexual acts for a scene. A consultant for Baron Cohen has denied Wilson’s account.
The e book was launched by Simon & Schuster within the United States earlier this month, and is about to be launched within the United Kingdom on Thursday and in Australia in August.
But Harper Collins, her writer within the United Kingdom, redacted passages from a web page of the memoir, photos launched by Getty confirmed. A spokesperson for Harper Collins confirmed the redaction in a press release to The Guardian.
“We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the UK edition, we are redacting most of one page with some other small redactions and an explanatory note,” the assertion mentioned. “Those sections are a very small part of a much bigger story.”
In the passage, Wilson recounts that whereas filming “The Brothers Grimsby,” Baron Cohen made her really feel uncomfortable by asking her to look nude within the movie (they employed a physique double as an alternative). She additionally alleges that he urged her to insert her finger in his anus whereas they have been filming a intercourse scene, which she refused to do, whereas others filmed the alternate.
Baron Cohen says Wilson’s account is fake.
“While 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,’” a consultant of Baron Cohen mentioned in a press release this month.
Representatives for Wilson and Harper Collins didn’t return a request for remark.
In March, The Daily Mail revealed footage of the scene that wasn’t within the film and exhibits Wilson appearing out the intercourse scene along with Baron Cohen in character.
In an interview with The New York Times this month, Wilson responded, saying, “I’m sure they’re never going to release the iPhone footage of him asking me to do it, to insert my finger up his ass, and me saying, ‘No, why are you doing this? Why are you asking me to do this? Where’s the director?’ Of course they are not going to release that footage.”
In the identical interview, Wilson mentioned of Cohen’s denial of her account: “This is not about canceling someone. It’s part of my story — my memoir. And I’m allowed to write about what happened to me, and how that made me feel.”
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Baron Cohen mentioned that Harper Collins didn’t reality test the chapter however praised the writer’s determination to redact what the spokesperson known as defamatory claims.
“Printing falsehoods is against the law in the U.K. and Australia,” the assertion mentioned, including that the transfer “confirms what we said from the beginning — that this is demonstrably false, in a shameful and failed effort to sell books.”
