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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have announced they have finalised their divorce after quietly separating in 2023.<\/p>\n
Fisher, 49, best known for her role in the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers<\/em>, and Borat<\/em> star Cohen, 53, shared matching Instagram posts on Friday evening (13 June), telling fans that they had reached a settlement, and that they continue to have \u201cgreat respect\u201d for each other.<\/p>\n\u201cOur divorce has now been finalised. We are proud of all we\u2019ve achieved together and, continuing our great respect for each other, we remain friends and committed to co-parenting our wonderful children,\u201d they said. \u201cWe ask for the media to continue to respect our children\u2019s privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair first met at a party in Sydney, Australia, in 2001, before marrying in 2010. They welcomed two daughters and one son, and were believed to have one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood. However, in April 2024, they announced they had separated the previous year.<\/p>\n
Sharing a picture of themselves wearing tennis whites on Instagram, they captioned the post: \u201cAfter a long tennis match lasting over 20 years, we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023, we jointly filed to end our marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have always prioritised our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family\u2019s wish for privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The timing of the announcement raised eyebrows as it came weeks after Pitch Perfect<\/em> star Rebel Wilson alleged in her memoir that Cohen had behaved inappropriately during filming of the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby<\/em>, where they played a married couple. Cohen has denied the claims.<\/p>\nEarlier this year, Fisher called the divorce the most difficult thing she\u2019s been through, saying: \u201cI\u2019ve learnt so much about myself in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher told fans they will continue to be \u2018great friends\u2019 (Instagram via @islafisher)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nShe also praised \u201cthe women in my life\u201d for helping her through it. <\/p>\n
\u201cThose women have been there for me,\u201d she told The Times<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m actually going to get emotional. I\u2019m sitting here today because of them. I\u2019ve learnt so much about the power of female friendship and I\u2019ve just learnt that I do have resilience, who I am outside of a partnership, and what my values are. It has been this expansive learning curve.\u201d<\/p>\nElsewhere in the interview, Fisher reflected on their relationship lasting more than two decades, which is a rarity in show business.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think by Hollywood standards it’s probably 200 years!\u201d she joked. \u201cI feel like it’s a Golden Jubilee or something. Everyone was congratulating me.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher pictured in 2019 (Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nShe added: \u201cIt is a fun ride. I feel so lucky to have Sacha in my life. Now we have this beautiful family and we survived lockdown together, which you know, it is not easy for any couple.\u201d<\/p>\n
Baron Cohen first rose to fame in the 1990s with his Ali G character, a spoof wannabe gangster from Staines, in films such as Ali G Indahouse<\/em>. He also played Borat, a fictional journalist from Kazakhstan, and the role of the Austrian fashionista Bruno. <\/p>\nFisher appeared as Shannon Reed in long-running Australian soap Home and Away<\/em> before moving to the big screen for roles in Wedding Crashers <\/em>and 2009\u2019s romcom Confessions of a Shopaholic<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have announced they have finalised their divorce after quietly separating in 2023. Fisher, 49, best known for her role in the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers, and Borat star Cohen, 53, shared matching Instagram posts on Friday evening (13 June), telling fans that they had reached a settlement, and that they continue to have \u201cgreat respect\u201d for each other. \u201cOur divorce has now been finalised. We are proud of all we\u2019ve achieved together and, continuing our great respect for each other, we remain friends and committed to co-parenting our wonderful children,\u201d they said. \u201cWe ask for the media to continue to respect our children\u2019s privacy.\u201d The pair first met at a party in Sydney, Australia, in 2001, before marrying in 2010. They welcomed two daughters and one son, and were believed to have one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood. However, in April 2024, they announced they had separated the previous year. Sharing a picture of themselves wearing tennis whites on Instagram, they captioned …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}