Rebel Wilson Calls Off Australian Book Tour Following Accusations Against Sacha Baron Cohen in Revealing Memoir

Rebel Wilson has cancelled her Australian book tour which had been scheduled to promote her tell-all memoir Rebel Rising.

The actress, 44, was set to host an event in Brisbane on May 12 and Melbourne on May 14.

She revealed her book will be available in the country on May 8 but said she ‘won’t be able to host any book events due to a changing work schedule’.

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‘I’m really excited for UK and Australian readers to finally get to read Rebel Rising. New UK publishing date is 25 April and in Aus its 8 May,’ she wrote on Instagram.

‘This is my full story – from my childhood to the birth of my beautiful daughter. I hope you enjoy it.’

Rebel Wilson has cancelled her Australian book tour which had been scheduled to promote her tell-all memoir Rebel Rising 

‘Unfortunately I now won’t be able to do the in-person book events in Australia due to my changing work schedule.’

All ticket holders are expected to be informed, with refunds to be processed.

Earlier this month, Rebel revealed the sale of her hotly anticipated tell-all memoir had been delayed indefinitely in Australia.

Buyers attempting to get the book on Amazon were notified that the title was ‘currently unavailable’ and that ‘we don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock’.

Multiple fans online had reported that sites such as Booktopia had cancelled orders of the book, and local stores such as Big W and Dymocks have also refunded existing pre-orders.

The actress, 44, revealed her book will be available in Australia on May 8 but said she ‘won’t be able to host any book events due to a changing work schedule’

It comes after Rebel claimed her alleged experience with Sacha Baron Cohen led to an eating disorder in her bombshell new memoir.

She alleged that on the set of 2016 comedy The Brothers Grimsby, Sacha would ask her to strip off for scenes despite her ‘no nudity’ rule, in a string of claims which Sacha has strenuously denied and says are contradicted by evidence.

In a memoir passage obtained by People Magazine, she shockingly alleged that Sacha requested she ‘stick her finger up his a**’ because he thought it would make a funny scene in the film.

Rebel also claimed the alleged inappropriate experience with the Borat actor led to an eating disorder as she detailed the ‘disrespect’ she felt.

The Pitch Perfect star recalled how she felt ‘completed disrespected, which led to me treating myself with even more disrespect by eating in an extremely unhealthy way’.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Sacha’s representative for further comment.

Earlier this month, Rebel revealed the sale of her hotly anticipated tell-all memoir had been delayed indefinitely in Australia

Rebel played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in the 2016 Louis Leterrier-directed film and has made a series of allegations about her uncomfortable experience during shooting.

Rebel claimed that during filming, Sacha would repeatedly ‘mention that he wanted me to go naked in a future scene’, which she alleged was in ‘no way essential’ to the film’s plot.

In her book, which has been released in the US, she wrote: ‘It felt like every time I’d speak to SBC, he’d mention that he wanted me to go naked in a future scene. I was like, ‘Ha, I don’t do nudity, Sacha’.’

It comes after Rebel claimed her alleged experience with Sacha Baron Cohen led to an eating disorder in her bombshell new memoir. Both pictured in The Brothers Grimsby

Rebel claimed that she was allegedly summoned by a product assistant for an additional scene while shooting in Cape Town, South Africa.

Rebel said: ‘OK, well, we’re gonna film this extra scene,’ SBC says. ‘Then he pulls his pants down’, SBC says very matter-of-factly: ‘OK, now I want you to stick your finger up my a**.’ And I’m like, ‘What?? … No!!”

Rebel claimed she was shocked and wanted to get out of it, adding: ‘I was now scared. I wanted to get out of there, so I finally compromised: I slapped him on the ass and improvised a few lines as the character.’

The Bridesmaids actress also claimed she only agreed to a sex scene with Sacha after several rewrites and recalled allegedly telling the producers that she wouldn’t be promoting the film ahead of its release.

However, newly emerged footage from the sex scene in the 2016 film seems to show that the action was part of the script and the actress was on board with the scene.

She shockingly alleged Sacha requested she ‘stick her finger up his a**’ because he thought it would make a funny scene in the film as she claimed ‘it felt like [he] had sexually harassed me’

Several never-before-seen clips from the movie that failed to make the final cut were obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com and depict Rebel and Sarah’s characters using a cellphone to film themselves getting intimate.

In the clips, Rebel can be heard discussing the scene while on camera but out of character, telling Sacha: ‘I’ll do a slap [of your butt] and I’ll do a – going down the crack’, to which he replies: ‘It’s almost as if you’re going to ram your fingers inside,’ prompting her to answer ‘yeah’.

According to those close to Sacha, director Louis Leterrier had to discuss any nudity or sex scenes with Wilson before they were shot. They say she agreed to the scene.

They also say that the cell phone was used because the movie called for Rebel and Sacha’s characters Dawn and Nobby to use an iPhone to film themselves having sex.

However, in a statement given to DailyMail.com, Rebel doubled down on her book’s description of Sacha as an ‘a**hole’.

‘It is an a**hole move to release footage of one part of that disgusting episode while leaving out everything that preceded it including my horrified refusal to stick my finger up SBC’s butt,’ she said.

‘This could not have possibly been for the film as the director Louis Leterrier was not even present,’ she claimed.

‘What this edited video shows is what I had to do in order to get out of the room, as written in Rebel Rising. Releasing unauthorized and misleading behind the scenes video without my approval is SBC’s latest way of bullying and gaslighting me.’

Rebel played Sacha’s on-screen girlfriend in the 2016 Louis Leterrier-directed film and has made a series of allegations about her uncomfortable experience during shooting

Sacha has strongly denied ever mistreating Rebel or pressuring her to be naked in the film.

A spokesperson for Sacha said: ‘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.’

Sacha’s team also provided nine anonymous statements from crew members that backed the claim that the scene was in the script.