Sacha Baron Cohen joked about going through a “midlife crisis” while debuting an insane body transformation just weeks before he struck up a romance with a woman half his age.
In July, the shirtless actor, 53, revealed his eye-popping physique in a cover shoot for Men’s Fitness UK that showed him holding dumbbells and flashing a smoldering stare.
Cohen — who told the magazine about how he trained for the role of Mephisto in Marvel’s “Ironheart” miniseries — posted the cover on his Instagram Story and quipped, “This is not AI, I really am egotistical enough to do this.”
In another slide, he boasted, “Some celebs use Ozempic, some use private chefs, others use personal trainers. I did all three.”
The “Borat” star then cheekily noted that he was “hard launching [his] mid-life crisis” before hilariously introducing his “new character: Middle aged man who replaced beer with protein shakes.”
Less than a month later, he attended Taika Waititi’s 50th birthday bash in Ibiza, Spain, where he reportedly met 27-year-old model Hannah Palmer, a friend of the movie director’s wife, Rita Ora.
Cohen and Palmer were pictured smiling while sitting next to each other at the soirée.
According to the Sun, they were were “introduced” to each other at the event, which was a “big sit-down dinner party” with a “close-knit group” followed by a night of dancing.
The source described the OnlyFans creator as “super fun,” “clever,” “beautiful” and “a real catch,” arguing that Cohen is “a very lucky man to have bagged a date with her.”
Earlier this week, Palmer and the “Brüno” star — who finalized his divorce from Isla Fisher, with whom he shares three children, in June — were seen on a dinner date.
An eyewitness told the Sun that the pair arrived at the undisclosed location at around 8:30 p.m. and “spent two hours” engaging in “deep” conversation.
“Despite the age difference, they were getting on really well and seemed to have a lot to talk about,” the onlooker said.
Though the duo “walked out separately” at around 10:30 p.m., they apparently “got into the same car” and left together.
However, a source close to Cohen told us the duo “weren’t on date” and have only met “a couple of times” through mutual friends.
Cohen, who we hear is “giving [Palmer] good advice on Hollywood and acting,” is “enjoying meeting and being introduced to new people … after his divorce.”
As for Fisher, 49, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday that the actress had been “spotted on the arm of a handsome man.”
