Isla Fisher’s Post-Divorce Marriage Take Stirs Fans
Here we go again, another Hollywood star explaining her love life with farm animal analogies—how original. Isla Fisher has made it clear she is not exactly rushing back down the aisle, and she did it with an Instagram Story that reads more like a proverb from a grumpy old aunt than a fairy-tale ending.
On July 16, one month after confirming her legal separation from Sacha Baron Cohen, the Now You See Me actress reposted a cryptic note via the @sheinspiresstrength account. It opened with a play on that tired chestnut “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?” followed by what she calls an important update. The punchline: “Because women realize it’s not worth buying an entire pig, just to get a little sausage.” Boom. There you have it—marriage as livestock procurement, courtesy of Isla.
If that wasn’t enough to rile up social media, she doubled down on her Grid with a mock news graphic headlined “Man Was Found to Be Missing 90% of His Brain But Was Still Living a Normal Life.” Captioned with a sassy “Are you sure it’s just one man they found?” the quip left devoted followers convinced she was alluding to her ex-husband. Sixty-plus comments later, gifs of Borat’s high-five moment and cries of “We all know who she means” flooded in.
Despite the jabs, Fisher and Cohen remain firmly committed to co-parenting their three young children. In their January 2024 split announcement they wrote, “We forever share in our devotion and love for our children.” Six months later, they confirmed in unison that their divorce had been finalized and added, “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.”
To understand how these two ended up arguing about pigs and brains in public, you need to rewind to the early aughts. The duo first locked eyes at a glitzy Sydney party where, as Cohen told The New York Times in October 2020, he and Fisher bonded over mocking the snooty guests around them. “She was hilarious,” he admitted. Engagement followed in 2004, and in March 2010 the pair said “I do” in a fairytale ceremony in Paris.
Over the next decade and a half the happy couple welcomed three children and celebrated a playful “20 YEARS” anniversary Instagram tribute in December 2021. Quoting Winnie the Pooh, Isla mused, “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” Fast-forward to April 2024 and the two compared their marriage to a tennis match lasting more than twenty years—and agreed to put their rackets down. By June, the divorce was officially wrapped.
So what’s the takeaway here? If you want to ditch the ring, just post about pork products and watch the internet explode. And that, dear reader, is why we can’t have nice things.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, The New York Times
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