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Rebel Wilson has revealed she felt a sense of 'shame' for continuing to work with Sacha Baron Cohen after claiming he sexually harassed her on the set of 2016's Grimsby - accusations the actor strenuously denies.
The Aussie actress, 44, claimed in her autobiography Rebel Rising that the Borat actor, 52, asked her to strip off for scenes despite her contracts bearing 'no nudity' clauses and made sexually explicit requests.
Now Rebel told the The Sun that she felt shame for not doing more at the time of the supposed incident and claimed she was convinced to continue by her agent, who also represented Baron Cohen.
Saying: 'What I should have done is left that set — the moment that first act happened, I should have left.
'I should have just gone back to the hotel, demanded to leave and never come back.
Rebel Wilson, 44, has revealed she felt a sense of 'shame' following claims Sacha Baron Cohen sexually harassed her on the set of 2016's Grimsby - accusations the actor strenuously denies (pictured earlier this week)
The Aussie actress claimed in her autobiography Rebel Rising that the Borat actor, 52, asked her to strip off for scenes despite her contracts bearing 'no nudity' clauses and made sexually explicit requests (pictured together in the film)
Baron Cohen announced earlier this week that he and wife Isla Fisher, 48, were breaking up . With sources suggesting that the A-list marriage had been troubled for some time, and that bombshell allegations were a 'catalyst' for the break-up (pictured in January)
'But we had the same agent at the time, and I was kind of, you know, talked around into, "Well, just be professional And if anything else happens, then you can leave"'.
Baron Cohen announced earlier this week that he and wife Isla Fisher, 48, were breaking up, with sources suggesting that the A-list marriage had been troubled for some time and that bombshell allegations were a 'catalyst' for the break-up.
It comes after Rebel said she had been contacted by several other women since claiming to have been sexually harassed by the Ali G performer, claiming 'the truth will come out'.
Representatives for Baron Cohen say he denies any allegations of mistreatment or harassment towards Rebel on the set of 2016 action comedy flick Grimsby, released in North America as The Brothers Grimsby.
Rebel said other women have 'been in contact' with her since she made the claims in her new autobiography, Rebel Rising. There is no suggestion at this time that the women are making claims against the Borat actor.
In a new interview Rebel said the women who had contacted her were still considering whether to go public with their own allegations - the exact details of which, and to whom they refer, are unclear.
She continued: 'It is hard to say something against somebody who's high profile, because they hit you with high-price lawyers and crisis PR people and all sorts of little tricks.
'It doesn't feel great when all I'm doing is sharing my story in my memoir, which I'm very entitled to do.
Now Rebel said she felt shame for not doing more at the time of the supposed incident and claimed she was convinced to continue by her agent, who also represented Baron Cohen
Saying: 'What I should have done is left that set — the moment that first act happened, I should have left'
'But I always think that the truth will come out which is why it's great to have the book out now so people don't just read the headlines, but can read the actual chapter.'
The remarks, first reported by The Sun, come after days of frenetic speculation over Baron Cohen's marriage after Rebel's book was released.
She had played Baron Cohen's on-screen girlfriend in Grimsby, a box office flop that was derided by critics.
The film saw Baron Cohen's football fan character Nobby get drawn into the world of espionage; it also starred Isla, Mark Strong, Penelope Cruz, Ricky Tomlinson and Johnny Vegas.
Rebel claimed in the memoir that during filming he would ask her to strip off for scenes, in violation of her 'no nudity' clause, and requested that she perform a sex act involving his bottom on camera because it would be 'funny'.
She wrote that his actions made her feel 'completely disrespected, which led to me treating myself with even more disrespect by eating in an extremely unhealthy way'.
Bridesmaid actress Rebel said she eventually compromised and agreed to 'slap him on the a**' in an improvised scene, and agreed to it after several rewrites.
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