Isla Fisher Reveals Her "Dating Ick" After Sacha Baron Cohen Divorce
Isla Fisher Shares How She Found Strength After Sacha Baron Cohen Divorce
The way Isla Fisher sees it, a man doesn’t have nine lives before she loses interest.
Over two years after announcing her split from Sacha Baron Cohen, the Now You See Me actress gave an update on her dating life, sharing one turnoff she experienced that made her cut a man off before he could run away with her heart.
“I have a dating ick that happened recently,” Fisher said during a sitdown with Overheard Happy Hour shared Aug. 30. “I liked somebody. His dog ran away and he chased his dog. But instead of chasing upright, he ran low with his hands outstretched—like a cartoon.”
And the 50-year-old wasn’t feline fine as she watched the man’s unconventional dog-snatching attempt. In fact, she became pawsitive she was out, adding, “The ick was growing and growing and by the time he caught the dog, he had lost the p---y.”
Since finalizing her divorce last July, Fisher—mom to three kids with Cohen—has made a couple confessions about the qualities in a man she wishes she could make magically disappear.
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Indeed, she recently admitted during an Aug. 19 appearance on Australia’s The Smallzy Show that she hates when a guy wears a backpack with the front buckle clasped and how her “biggest ick” is seeing a man’s “repulsive” heel in exposed footwear.
But running posture seems to be a common turnoff for Fisher, who emphasized that an unflattering form can crash her crush.
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“You know when a man runs on film and it's just like, it looks like a sprinkler moving,” she added. “It's just wrong."
As for who other men should aspire to emulate? Fisher said, "Tom Cruise has really nailed the sexy run."
While the Confessions of a Shopaholic star may know what she doesn’t want in a man, she’s also reflected how her female friendships have given her more than enough amid her divorce.
“I'm much stronger than I thought I was, and I would say that my friendships, my female friendships, have really been instrumental to me discovering or recovering that strength,” she told E! News last month. “I'm incredibly grateful.”
For a look back at Fisher and Cohen’s relationship through the years, keep reading…
Meet Cute
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher first met in the early aughts at a party in Sydney, Australia.
“She was hilarious,” the Borat star told The New York Times in October 2020. “We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her bonded over taking the mick out of the other people in the party. I knew instantly. I don’t know if she did.”
Baby Bliss
The duo got engaged in 2004.
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In March 2010, the Wedding Crashers actress and the comedian tied the knot in Paris.
Growing Their Team
Isla and Sacha share three children together.
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Milestone Anniversary
"20 YEARS," Isla wrote alongside a series of Instagram photos in December 2021, before quoting Winnie the Pooh. "If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever."
Breakup Announcement
"After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years," they wrote in a joint statement shared to their Instagram Stories April 2024, "we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage."
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Divorce Finalized
"Our divorce has now been finalised. We are proud of all we've achieved together," the former couple wrote on their respective Instagram Stories in June 2025, "and, continuing our great respect for each other, we remain friends and committed to co-parenting our wonderful children."
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