Close Read: Isla Fisher Announces Her Retirement From Sacha Baron Cohen

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This Is Not Them … Now: J.Lo, A-Rod, Isla Fisher, and Sacha Baron Cohen at the 77th annual Golden Globes in January 2020. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)

There are normal celebrity divorce announcements, polite but terse. Your run-of-the-mill “It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce” or “Over the past few months we’ve come to the conclusion that the best way forward for us as a family is to separate as a couple.” There are even the woo-woo Hollywood divorce announcements, like Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux’s kind-of-kooky-but-I-like-it “We are two best friends who have decided to part ways as a couple, but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship.” And then there is Isla Fisher’s divorce announcement. 

Fisher, 48, and Sacha Baron Cohen, 52, are no more.¹ On Friday, Fisher announced that she has b…