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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rebel-wilson-tried-ozempic-weight-loss-journey-those-drugs-can-be-good" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebel Wilson</a> isn't backing down from her shocking claims about former co-star Sacha Baron Cohen.The actress wrote about her experience of working with Cohen in her new memoir, "Rebel Rising," describing how uncomfortable she felt while filming their 2016 film, "The Brothers Grimsby." Cohen has vehemently denied her claims, and now, Wilson is insisting she's telling the truth, saying she was "humiliated and degraded as a person" on the movie set."That was something that happened 10 years ago, and obviously I've moved past it now, but it was my worst professional experience," she admitted in an interview on "Today" on Monday morning.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sacha-baron-cohen-denies-rebel-wilsons-claim-was-a-hole-movie-set" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SACHA BARON COHEN DENIES REBEL WILSON'S CLAIM HE WAS AN ‘A--HOLE’ ON MOVIE SET</a>"Just feeling humiliated and degraded as a person, I just thought it's worth sharing in the book because there's probably a lot of people out there that have had the same experiences," she continued.Wilson also claimed that since her allegations about Cohen's behavior have been getting attention, "I've had a lot of women reach out and say that they've had similar experiences with this guy.""Rebel Rising" is set to release April 2, but she's spoken about the chapter of her book dedicated to Cohen on social media. She originally neglected to name names, instead referring to him as an "a--hole" that she'd worked with, but after he allegedly attempted to stop her from publishing her book, she called him out directly.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rebel-wilson-vs-sacha-baron-cohen-actress-may-have-signed-pr-deal-with-devil-expert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">REBEL WILSON VS. SACHA BARON COHEN: ACTRESS MAY HAVE SIGNED ‘A PR DEAL WITH THE DEVIL,' EXPERT</a>"I will not be bullied or silenced by high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers," Wilson wrote on her Instagram story last week. "The ‘a--hole’ that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sacha-baron-cohen-jewish-celebs-rip-tiktok-creating-biggest-antisemitic-movement-since-nazis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sacha Baron Cohen</a>."In "The Brothers Grimsby," Wilson and Cohen starred together as a husband and wife of nine kids. Later, Wilson accused Cohen of "harassing" her on the movie set during a radio show interview, according to Variety.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS</a>"Every day he’s like, ‘Just go naked. It will be funny. Remember <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sacha-baron-cohen-stop-playing-borat-too-dangerous" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in ‘Borat’</a> when I did that naked scene? It was hilarious,’" Wilson said, the outlet reported. "On the last day, I thought I’d obviously won the argument, and he got a body double to do the naked scene."Cohen allegedly told Wilson to "stick [her] finger up [his] butt" while filming the last scene, despite the move not being included in the script."Look, I’ll just pull down my pants. You just stick your finger up my butt. It’ll be a really funny bit," he allegedly said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER</a>A representative for Cohen denied her claims, telling Fox News Digital, "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.’"During her new interview, Wilson admitted she wasn't surprised that Cohen is denying her accusations against him, saying, "Obviously, knowing his character, I assumed he would react in this way.""Writing a memoir, the book gets fully legally vetted," she explained, "so obviously there are tons of people to back what I'm saying in the book, the book is 100% honest and truthful."Fox News Digital's Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.

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content: '<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rebel-wilson-tried-ozempic-weight-loss-journey-those-drugs-can-be-good"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rebel Wilson</a> isn''t backing down from her shocking
 claims about former co-star Sacha Baron Cohen.The actress wrote about her
 experience of working with Cohen in her new memoir, "Rebel Rising," describing how
 uncomfortable she felt while filming their 2016 film, "The Brothers Grimsby." Cohen
 has vehemently denied her claims, and now, Wilson is insisting she''s telling the
 truth, saying she was "humiliated and degraded as a person" on the movie set."That
 was something that happened 10 years ago, and obviously I''ve moved past it now,
 but it was my worst professional experience," she admitted in an interview on "Today"
 on Monday morning.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sacha-baron-cohen-denies-rebel-wilsons-claim-was-a-hole-movie-set"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">SACHA BARON COHEN DENIES REBEL WILSON''S
 CLAIM HE WAS AN ‘A--HOLE’ ON MOVIE SET</a>"Just feeling humiliated
 and degraded as a person, I just thought it''s worth sharing in the book because
 there''s probably a lot of people out there that have had the same experiences,"
 she continued.Wilson also claimed that since her allegations about Cohen''s
 behavior have been getting attention, "I''ve had a lot of women reach out and say
 that they''ve had similar experiences with this guy.""Rebel Rising" is set
 to release April 2, but she''s spoken about the chapter of her book dedicated to
 Cohen on social media. She originally neglected to name names, instead referring
 to him as an "a--hole" that she''d worked with, but after he allegedly attempted
 to stop her from publishing her book, she called him out directly.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rebel-wilson-vs-sacha-baron-cohen-actress-may-have-signed-pr-deal-with-devil-expert"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">REBEL WILSON VS. SACHA BARON COHEN: ACTRESS
 MAY HAVE SIGNED ‘A PR DEAL WITH THE DEVIL,'' EXPERT</a>"I will not
 be bullied or silenced by high priced lawyers or PR crisis managers," Wilson wrote
 on her Instagram story last week. "The ‘a--hole’ that I am talking about in ONE
 CHAPTER of my book is: <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sacha-baron-cohen-jewish-celebs-rip-tiktok-creating-biggest-antisemitic-movement-since-nazis"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sacha Baron Cohen</a>."In "The Brothers Grimsby,"
 Wilson and Cohen starred together as a husband and wife of nine kids. Later, Wilson
 accused Cohen of "harassing" her on the movie set during a radio show interview,
 according to Variety.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener noreferrer">LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE
 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS</a>"Every day he’s like, ‘Just go naked.
 It will be funny. Remember <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sacha-baron-cohen-stop-playing-borat-too-dangerous"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">in ‘Borat’</a> when I did that naked scene?
 It was hilarious,’" Wilson said, the outlet reported. "On the last day, I thought
 I’d obviously won the argument, and he got a body double to do the naked scene."Cohen
 allegedly told Wilson to "stick [her] finger up [his] butt" while filming the last
 scene, despite the move not being included in the script."Look, I’ll just
 pull down my pants. You just stick your finger up my butt. It’ll be a really funny
 bit," he allegedly said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters" target="_blank"
 rel="noopener">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER</a>A
 representative for Cohen denied her claims, telling Fox News Digital, "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.’"During her new interview, Wilson
 admitted she wasn''t surprised that Cohen is denying her accusations against him,
 saying, "Obviously, knowing his character, I assumed he would react in this way.""Writing
 a memoir, the book gets fully legally vetted," she explained, "so obviously there
 are tons of people to back what I''m saying in the book, the book is 100% honest
 and truthful."Fox News Digital''s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this
 report.'
summary: Rebel Wilson is standing by her allegations against Sacha Baron Cohen, saying
 her claims about his &quot;a--hole&quot; behavior on a movie set were &quot;fully
 legally vetted.&quot;
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