Isla Fisher's Post-Divorce Dig At Sacha Cohen
In April 2024, Isla announced they jointly filed to end their marriage the year prior. On June 13, Isla revealed their divorce was officially finalized. The two were reportedly embroiled in a $75 million court battle.
"Our divorce has now been finalised," they wrote via their Instagram Stories in June. "We are proud of all we've achieved together and, continuing our great respect for each other, we remain friends and committed to co-parenting our wonderful children. We ask for the media to continue to respect our children's privacy."
The actors, who met at a party in 2002, have been together for more than 20 years and were married for 13 of them. Isla and Sacha share three children together — two girls and one boy. Along with keeping their relationship fairly private, the former couple has done the same with the identity of their kids.
They haven't shared too much about the reason behind their divorce, but despite their decision to go their separate ways, the former couple said the split was amicable.
Now, just one month after their marriage was officially dissolved, the Now You See Me: Now You Don't star shared an interesting quote on her Instagram Story, regarding women and their lack of desire to get married nowadays.
She posted this earlier today:
While I can't find credible sources to justify the statistic listed in her post, there are studies (look here and here) that show growing numbers of women who prefer to delay marriage rather than those being against it in its entirety.
"It's not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage." Well, alright then!
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