Sacha Baron Cohen Seen for First Time Since Announcing Divorce from Isla Fisher

The actor and comedian was spotted out and about in New York City on Thursday, April 11, just under a week after he and Fisher announced their split

Sacha Baron Cohen has been spotted for the first time since he and Isla Fisher announced their divorce.

The actor and comedian, 52, was photographed out and about in New York City on Thursday, April 11, dressed in a hunter-green sweater, light-colored trousers and white sneakers. He also wore a tan fedora and black-framed glasses.

Baron Cohen's outing comes six days after he and Fisher, 48, announced on social media that they had "jointly filed to end [their] marriage" last year.

"After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down," the pair said in statements shared on their Instagram Stories April 5, alongside a photo of themselves posing in tennis garb.

"We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change," the former couple added. "We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy."

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After Fisher and Baron Cohen announced that they were ending their marriage, a source told PEOPLE that the Borat star "had been talking to divorce lawyers in the summer of 2023."

The source added that it wasn't the first time the pair had explored a possible split, with Baron Cohen and the Wedding Crashers actress also reaching out to divorce lawyers "several years prior."

Fisher and Baron Cohen first met at a 2001 party in Sydney, years before either actor gained attention for their work onscreen. In a 2020 interview with The New York Times, Baron Cohen recalled that his then-wife "was hilarious" from the moment they met.

The former couple share three children: two daughters and a son, whom they welcomed in 2007, 2010 and 2015, respectively. Baron Cohen and Fisher have always remained private about their personal lives and have not revealed their children's names.

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On Monday, April 8, another insider told PEOPLE that Fisher and Baron Cohen "worked" well as a couple for a long time prior to announcing their divorce, after over 13 years of marriage.

"They were certainly never your typical Hollywood couple," the insider continued of the pair. "Although they are both famous and rich, they have never acted snobby and stuck-up. In many ways, they were always an odd couple."

"It just worked for them though," the insider added. "[Isla] always found [Sacha] hilarious and didn't mind his quirky personality. Isla has always had his back."

Baron Cohen has also made headlines recently after Rebel Wilson wrote in her new memoir Rebel Rising that she felt harassed and humiliated by Baron Cohen on the set of the 2016 movie The Brothers Grimsby. Baron Cohen vehemently denied the allegations.

A rep for the actor told PEOPLE, "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."

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