Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher are divorcing.
The 52-year-old actor married fellow Hollywood star Isla, 48, in 2010 and they have children Olive, 16, Elula, 13, and nine-year-old Montgomery.
Taking to Instagram on Friday evening (March 5), they revealed that they secretly filed for divorce last year.
In a joint statement, they said: ‘After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down.
‘In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritised our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change.’
The couple – who shared their message through a photo of them wearing tennis outfits – concluded their message by noting that they will always have a ‘devotion’ towards their children and asked for ‘privacy’ at this time.
They added: ‘We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.’
Borat star Sacha first met Isla at a party in 2001 – which was a few years before they both gained international fame as Hollywood stars.
They then got engaged in 2004 and welcomed their first child three years later, with Isla having reportedly converted to Judaism ahead of their subsequent wedding.
Sacha explained in 2020 that he knew ‘instantly’ he had found the one.
He told The Times: ‘She was hilarious. We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her bonded over mocking the other people in the party. I knew instantly. I don’t know if she did.’
But just months ago, Wedding Crashers star Isla revealed that she always got ‘nervous’ when talking about her private life in public.
She told Woman’s Weekly Australia: ‘I get nervous talking about it because I feel like, by not having my relationship in the public domain and not having spoken about how we met or really talked about our marriage publicly, it’s remained something private and valuable to me.
‘But having a shared ability to find humour in the sharpness of life is always going to bring connection. And, otherwise, I just think it’s nice to keep some things for yourself.’
Meanwhile, Sacha has continued to openly express his adoration for Isla over the years.
Even after two decades together, he wrote on Instagram in 2021: ‘Happy Anniversary my love.
‘I’m writing this rather than getting you a card. Our duration is largely due to our location – after all Hollywood is the bastion of lengthy marriages.’
His lighthearted quip about the stability of their marriage was echoed by the Now You See Me star just one year before their private split.
‘I don’t want to stand on a soapbox and advise anybody,’ Isla told E! News in 2022. ‘But if you marry someone that you have a really good friendship with, everything else seems to fall into place.’
