‘I just feel so safe’: Isla Fisher reveals why she moved back to Australia with her husband Sacha Baron Cohen and their children
Isla Fisher, her husband Sacha Baron Cohen and their children relocated to Australia last year.
The Perth-raised actress, 45, discussed making the move across the Pacific from Los Angeles with her family to Stellar magazine, on Saturday.
‘I just feel so safe, I suppose the word is cosy, when I’m in Australia. It’s where I grew up,’ she said.
‘I’m the happiest when I’m home’: Isla Fisher (pictured) discussed coming home to Australia with her husband Sacha Baron Cohen and their children Stellar magazine, on Saturday
‘I’m the happiest when I’m home. I miss it when I’m not here. I don’t feel any pressure when I’m in Australia. I don’t have to say or do or be anything. I mean, I don’t even have to wear shoes,’ the Godmothered star added.
She also briefly touched on motherhood in the interview, a topic which she loves dearly but rarely discusses to protect her children’s privacy.
Isla shares three children with her comedian husband Sacha Baron Cohen, 49.
Moves: The Perth-raised actress, 45, made the move across the Pacific from Los Angeles with her family last year. She said of being back Down Under: ‘I just feel so safe, I suppose the word is cosy, when I’m in Australia… I miss it when I’m not here’
Keeping mum! She also briefly touched on motherhood in the interview, a topic which she loves dearly but rarely discusses to protect her children’s privacy. Isla said: ‘All parents are just trying to protect their kids… If I give any quotes about them, that would haunt them’
She told the publication: ‘All parents are just trying to protect their kids. And I feel like if they wanted to be in the public eye that’s up to them. If I give any quotes about them, that would haunt them. They will be teenagers one day!’
Isla and Sacha first met at a party in Sydney back in 2002, they tied the knot in Paris in 2010 after she converted to the Jewish faith.
The couple initially relocated temporarily to escape ‘Trump’s America’ at the end of last year.
Still going strong: Isla and Sacha (right) first met at a party in Sydney back in 2002, they tied the knot in Paris in 2010 after she converted to the Jewish faith. The couple initially relocated temporarily to escape ‘Trump’s America’ at the end of last year
Loved up: The Confessions of a Shopaholic star previously told Australian Marie Claire in 2018 that meeting Sacha was like ‘winning the lottery’
The Confessions of a Shopaholic star previously told Australian Marie Claire in 2018 that meeting Sacha was like ‘winning the lottery’.
Tellingly Isla, who relocated to Los Angeles early on in her career, admitted to the publication at the time: ‘juggling a family in LA isn’t easy.’
‘There’s not really a culture of bringing your kids to dinner parties or to restaurants past 6pm. I tend to entertain at home because I want to be with my family – it’s easier to put your kids to bed and have a wine with friends.’
From Summer Bay to stardom: Isla’s first big role on Australian TV was as Shannon Reed on Home and Away from 1994 to 1997
Big Hollywood break: She eventually moved to the US in 2002 and got her big Hollywood break in the 2005 comedy, Wedding Crashers
Isla’s first big role on Australian TV was as Shannon Reed on Home and Away from 1994 to 1997.
She eventually moved to the US in 2002 and got her big Hollywood break in the 2005 comedy, Wedding Crashers.
Since then she’s starred in a slate of hits including Confessions Of A Shopaholic, The Great Gatsby, Now You See Me and Nocturnal Animals.
Read more in this week’s issue of Stellar with Isla on the cover