Isla Fisher Says Divorce Has Put Her ‘in a Different Place’ Socially: ‘All I Do Is See Friends!’

(Left-right:) Anna Faris, Michelle Buteau, Leslie Mann, Adam Demos and Isla Fisher at Black Bear Pictures’ ‘Spa Weekend’ Burbank Southwest Airlines Spa Retreat at Atlantic Aviation Burbank on Aug. 7.

Isla Fisher is opening up about how her social life has changed following the end of her marriage to Sacha Baron Cohen, joking that divorce has given her more time than ever to reconnect with friends.

The 50-year-old Australian actress recently spoke with PEOPLE alongside her Spa Weekend costars Leslie Mann, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris, discussing the importance of female friendships and how their own experiences mirrored the themes explored in the new comedy.

For Fisher, the conversation quickly became personal.

While Faris explained that careers, parenting and everyday responsibilities can make maintaining friendships increasingly difficult, Fisher offered a very different perspective on her current stage of life.

“I mean, speak for yourself,” Fisher joked with a laugh. “I’m divorced, so all I do is see friends!”

The lighthearted comment reflects a significant period of change for Fisher, whose divorce from Cohen was finalized in June 2025 after more than 13 years of marriage.

A New Chapter After Divorce

Fisher and Cohen, now 54, announced their separation in April 2024.

In a joint social media statement, the former couple revealed that they had actually filed for divorce the previous year. Their divorce was ultimately finalized in June 2025.

The actors share three children — two daughters and a son — and have largely kept their family life private throughout their marriage and separation.

During her conversation about friendship, Fisher jokingly included her children among the people closest to her.

“My kids are my friends in my life,” she said. “So I’m in a different place.”

The actress suggested that her current circumstances allow her to prioritize friendships differently than she may have been able to during earlier stages of her career and marriage.

Her friends, she added, also understand the unusual demands of working in Hollywood.

Actors can spend months away from home while filming, sometimes making it difficult to maintain conventional social routines.

According to Fisher, the people close to her have learned to accept that reality.

“They understand how it goes,” she explained. “You can disappear for three months.”

Anna Faris Says Friendships Can Be Hard to Maintain

The conversation began when Anna Faris, 49, reflected on how challenging it can be to nurture adult friendships while balancing work and parenting.

“We’re at a time in our lives where there isn’t room for nurturing female friendships. There’s no time,” Faris said.

The actress, who is a mother of one, described filming Spa Weekend in Australia as a “magical” experience because it gave the cast an opportunity to spend extended time together.

Faris said she often finds herself joking with longtime friends that meaningful social time may have to wait until her son is older.

“If you have those high school friends or whatever, your friends that you can trust, that you depend on,” she explained, she sometimes feels like telling them, “Can I hang out with you in a decade when the kid graduates?”

That was when Fisher playfully interrupted with her own post-divorce perspective.

The contrasting comments between the two actresses also closely reflect the premise of Spa Weekend, which centers on women trying to reconnect with themselves and one another after becoming overwhelmed by adult responsibilities.

What Spa Weekend Is About

Spa Weekend was written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and stars Fisher, Faris, Mann and Buteau as four lifelong friends.

According to the film’s official synopsis, the women realize that “somewhere between careers, relationships, families and everyday responsibilities, they have forgotten how to take care of themselves and each other.”

The comedy explores what happens when the group attempts to reconnect and reclaim some of the closeness that has been pushed aside by the demands of adulthood.

For the actresses, those themes were apparently familiar.

Their own conversation about parenting, careers and friendships revealed just how easily long-term relationships can become difficult to maintain when professional and personal responsibilities compete for attention.

Fisher, however, said she currently feels particularly positive about the balance in her own life.

Fisher Says Her Work-Life Balance Feels ‘Great’

The actress attended a special Spa Weekend screening in Las Vegas on Aug. 7, an event hosted by Southwest Airlines.

Speaking to PEOPLE on the red carpet, Fisher described her current work-life balance simply as “great.”

“I feel really grateful to be working,” she said.

She also acknowledged the realities women can face in Hollywood as they grow older.

“I feel really grateful to be a woman of my age in the business,” Fisher added. “And I’m really happy to be in a movie like this.”

Her comments come as Fisher enters another phase of both her professional and personal life.

The actress has worked in Hollywood for decades, appearing in projects including Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Now You See Me and Nocturnal Animals.

Now, at 50, she says she feels increasingly comfortable with where she is.

Turning 50 Initially Made Her Nervous

Fisher previously spoke about reaching the milestone birthday during the TIME Women of the Year Gala in March.

She admitted that she had initially been apprehensive about turning 50.

“I was so nervous about” it, she said.

Once she reached the milestone, however, her feelings changed.

“I feel so liberated,” Fisher explained.

She said that both age and divorce had contributed to a newfound sense of freedom.

“There’s something about being divorced where you just feel like you could just do anything,” she said.

Fisher even joked that divorce could provide an amusing explanation for unexpected behavior.

“You could just do anything, and someone would be like, ‘Oh, don’t worry. She’s divorced.’”

The remark echoed the same playful attitude she later displayed while discussing her social life with her Spa Weekend costars.

Moving Forward After a Long Marriage

Fisher and Cohen were married for more than 13 years before publicly revealing their separation.

Although the end of such a long relationship represented a major transition, Fisher has increasingly spoken about the sense of possibility she has experienced afterward.

Rather than focusing publicly on the details of the divorce itself, she has emphasized personal independence, friendships, parenting and her career.

Her latest comments indicate that friendships have become particularly important during this new chapter.

Where Faris described struggling to find enough time for friends, Fisher joked that her circumstances now allow her to do almost the opposite.

That does not mean her life is suddenly uncomplicated.

She continues to balance acting with raising three children, while also dealing with production schedules that can take her away for months at a time.

Yet Fisher appears to view this period with optimism.

Her children remain central to her personal life, while longtime friends understand the unpredictable nature of her profession.

Professionally, she also continues to take on major projects at an age when, as Fisher herself acknowledged, opportunities for actresses have historically become more limited.

(Left-right:) Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Anna Faris and Michelle Buteau in ‘Spa Weekend’.

Friendship at the Center of Her Latest Film — and Her Life

The timing of Spa Weekend makes its themes especially relevant to Fisher’s current circumstances.

The film is about four women realizing they have neglected their own needs and their relationships with one another while dealing with careers, families and other responsibilities.

Fisher, meanwhile, is experiencing a period in which her own friendships appear to have taken on renewed importance.

Her remarks suggest that divorce has changed not only her family structure but also how she spends her time and approaches relationships outside of marriage.

She may joke that “all I do is see friends,” but beneath the humor is a broader reflection on rebuilding and redefining life after a major personal transition.

Nearly two years after publicly announcing her separation from Cohen and more than a year after their divorce was finalized, Fisher says she feels liberated, grateful to be working and increasingly comfortable with where she is.

And at 50, rather than seeing herself as entering a more restrictive stage of life, she appears to feel the opposite.

“I’m in a different place,” Fisher said — one where family, friendships, career and newfound independence are defining the next chapter.

Spa Weekend is now playing in theaters as of Friday, Aug. 21.