Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher shocked fans when they announced they had split after 14 years of marriage.
The British actor, 52 and the Australian actress, 48, announced they had quietly separated last year by sharing a bizarre snap posing in tennis outfits on Friday.
Their statement read: ‘After a long tennis match lasting over 20 years, we are finally putting our racquets down.
‘In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritized 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’s wish for privacy.’
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher shocked fans when they announced they had split after 14 years of marriage
But the clearest sign there was trouble in paradise was that Isla had not shared a photo with Sacha since November
Eagle-eyed fans may have noticed their have been clues that all was not well with the pair for quite some time.
In recent weeks, Isla appears to have been taking solace in her friends as she has enjoyed several girls’ nights.
She recently shared a snap of herself enjoying a night out with her pals Michelle Dockery, Naomi Watts and film producer Bruna Papandrea.
Isla captioned the snap: ‘Girls night at the theater’. It came soon after she was pictured with Rosamund Pike at an event in LA.
The Australian actress has also been hiding her ring finger in recent weeks.
In one photo she shared in March, Isla strategically hid her hand behind the fabric of her dress while posing in front of an elevator.
With missing wedding rings being a sure sign a couple is on the rocks, fans will suspect Isla was trying to hide her split from Sacha at the time.
But the clearest sign there was trouble in paradise was that Isla had not shared a photo with Sacha for quite some time.
In recent weeks, Isla appears to have been taking solace in her friends as she has enjoyed several girls’ nights (pictured with Michelle Dockery, Naomi Watts and film producer Bruna Papandrea)
The Australian actress has also been hiding her ring finger in recent weeks as in this photo where she placed her hand behind the fabric of her dress
Their most recent photo together was taken in November where they smiled while posing with bottles of beer. She captioned it: ‘Off screen date & on screen date’.
Isla made no mention of the split during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show in February, where she referenced her and Sacha’s Valentine’s Day traditions.
She said: ‘Every year, Sacha does give me a card that [says] ‘Happy from…’ and then there’s a massive question mark. As if anybody else would send me one! As if I have any other Valentines, I’m a mother of three!’
Insiders have claimed their marriage had been ‘shaky’ for years, with Sacha reportedly struggling after making the ‘sacrifice’ to relocate their family to Australia back in 2020.
‘Their marriage has been shaky for years,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively. ‘The breakdown started when they relocated to Australia so that she could be closer to her family. But it left Sacha far removed from everyone he knows.
‘He made this sacrifice for her and would make many sacrifices for her throughout their marriage. He is deeply affected by their split because she was his life for many years.’
The couple announced they had quietly separated last year by sharing a bizarre snap posing in tennis outfits on Friday
The couple, who married in 2010, are now working out the ‘best arrangement’ for their three children, two teenage daughters and a nine year-old son – with Isla currently the one with custody
The couple, who married in 2010, are now working out the ‘best arrangement’ for their three children, two teenage daughters and a nine year-old son – with Isla currently the one with custody.
‘She has custody of the children and they are still working out the best arrangement so that Sacha is able to be an active part of their lives,’ the source continued.
‘They have much love for each other, but they could not get along and became different people than they were at the beginning of their relationship. They wanted different things in life in terms of their careers.
‘They had a prenup but it is still very difficult because everything they owned is purchased for the two of them and their family together.’
The insider insisted that infidelity had not played a part in their marriage breakdown and that neither party is dating someone new.
They finished: ‘Cheating was not involved on either side and neither are seeing anyone else.’
The now estranged pair met at a party in Australia in 2002 before getting engaged in 2004.
Isla, who compared meeting the actor to ‘winning the lottery’ converted to Judaism before they tied the knot in Paris, France, at a Jewish ceremony in March 2010.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Sacha and Isla for comment.
It comes after Rebel Wilson broke her silence just hours after Sacha and Isla announced their split
After 14 years of marriage, it has been reported that Rebel’s claims in her memoir Rebel Rising ‘were the catalyst’ for the couple announcing the end of their marriage
It comes after Rebel Wilson broke her silence just hours after Sacha and Isla announced their split.
The Pitch Perfect star made shock claims about her experience with the ‘a**hole’ comedian, claiming Sacha told her to strip off when filming scenes for the 2016 comedy The Brothers Grimsby.
And now Rebel, 44, has taken to social media to share a video posing up a storm in a satin green dress, with the caption: ‘What a week!‘
In the short clip, Rebel is being photographed recined on the sofa, in the midst of promoting her bombshell memoir.
Dressed in the glamorous wrap dress, Rebel stuck her tongue out and gave the peace sign as Stop by the Spice Girls played in the background.
She captioned the snap: ‘What a week! I need a lie down on the couch now… for real! Thank you so much to everyone who has bought REBEL RISING and is already enjoying it! Love you’.
In a second clip Rebel is being pictured standing up as she poses confidently with her arms crossed across her chest as Kylie Minogue’s Padam Padam plays.
Rebel also shared a link on her story to her live show in Los Angeles where she will sit down for an ‘in person with conversation’ with Jess Cagle to discuss her controversial new memoir.
Rebel posed up a storm in a satin green dress while lying on the sofa, with the caption: ‘What a week!’ as she referred to the attention her book has gained
After posting a link to to tickets for the show, the star also promoted her new book as she revealed that while the book is available to buy in the US, it isn’t quite ready for sale in the UK and Australia.
She wrote: ‘UK and AUS momentarily delayed by an a**hole but not for long.’
While Sacha has strongly denied ever mistreating Rebel or pressuring her to be naked in the film, friends of the star couple have revealed the allegations were the final straw in the decision to make their split public.
A source told The Sun Isla was ‘starting to get embarrassed’ about the claims in the book, which acted as ‘a catalyst’ in her decision to announce their split and allowed her to protect her ‘own career and reputation’.
Another source close to the couple added that the ‘decision wasn’t taken lightly’ and there is ‘still a lot of love’ between Isla and Sacha, who ‘remain incredibly close’.
A source told The Sun: ‘Rebel’s book was a catalyst in Isla deciding to announce this to the world.
‘She’s got her own career and reputation to worry about.
‘Those close to her said it was starting to get embarrassing with all of the allegations that were spilling out of Rebel’s book.
‘So she felt as though it was the right thing to do to inform everyone of their decision.
‘Sacha, on the other hand did not want that. He has been making as though it’s business as usual before they made this announcement.’
Another source close to the couple added: ‘They have been having difficulties for some time and have battled to make things work.
‘They didn’t want to throw their love away for the sake of their family. Privately, though, friends were made aware.
‘They went to great lengths to keep things ‘business as usual’ on social media so as to control the narrative in a way they both felt comfortable with.
‘This decision wasn’t taken lightly and they remain incredibly close. There’s still a lot of love there.’
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