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Rebel Wilson<\/strong><\/a> isn\u2019t afraid of a challenge. The 44-year-old actress is gearing up for the release of her new memoir, Rebel Rising<\/em>, but she\u2019s facing one issue: her former Grimsby<\/em> co-star Sacha Baron Cohen<\/strong><\/a> is allegedly threatening to block her book because she calls him out in one chapter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote about an a**hole in my book. Now, said a**hole is trying to threaten me,\u201d Rebel noted in a since-deleted Instagram Stories video. \u201cHe\u2019s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers. He is trying to stop press coming out about my book. But the book WILL come out, and you will all know the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate message, the Pitch Perfect<\/em> franchise star pointed out, \u201cI will not be bullied or silenced by high-priced lawyers or PR crisis managers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe \u2018a**hole\u2019 that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is: Sacha Baron Cohen,\u201d she acknowledged in another Instagram Story, which was a snap of a purple pen and book.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Rebel teased the content of her memoir in a separate Instagram video<\/a> post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first came to Hollywood, people were like, yeah, \u2018I have a no a**hole policy, that means like, yeah, I don\u2019t work with a**holes.\u2019 I was like, \u2018oh yeah. I mean, that sounds sensible or logical,\u201d she explained in the clip, which was posted on March 15. \u201cBut then it really sunk in what they were meaning by that, older people in the industry. Because I worked with a massive a**hole, and, yeah, now I definitely have a a**holes policy. Chapter on said a**hole \u2014 it is chapter 23, that guy was a massive a**hole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebel and Sacha, 52, worked together in 2016\u2019s spy-action comedy Grimsby <\/em>(titled The Brothers Grimsby<\/em> in the U.S.)\u00a0He played the character Nobby, and Rebel played his girlfriend, Dawn, who is also the mother of their 11 kids.<\/p>\n

Per a statement obtained by Us Weekly<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Sacha commented on the How to Be Single<\/em> actress\u2019 comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile 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<\/em>,\u201d a rep for Sacha told the outlet on Monday, March 25.<\/p>\n

Rebel\u2019s memoir is set to hit shelves on Tuesday, April 2. According to Simon & Schuster<\/a>, Rebel Rising<\/em> explores Rebel\u2019s \u201cincredible journey of \u2018making it,\u2019 constantly questioning, \u2018Am I good enough? Will I ever find love? Will I ever change and become healthy?’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRebel writes for the first time about the most personal and important moments in her life \u2014 from fertility issues, weight gain and loss, sexuality, overcoming shyness, rejections, and, well \u2026 OK, there\u2019s at least one story thrown in about Brad Pitt!\u201d the book\u2019s description continues. \u201cIt\u2019s all here. This memoir shows us how to love ourselves while making us laugh uncontrollably.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n