British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was his usual outrageous self on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Monday in his avatar as Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev as he does the final promotional rounds for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”
Cohen brought the house down as he entered, spraying the sets with liquid from a canister and announcing that Kazakh scientists had discovered that there is a virus, from Wuhan in Israel. While Kimmel doubted that the coronavirus originated in Israel, Cohen went around the set with a magnifying glass and a frying pan, trying to pound the virus to death.
Cohen then subjected Kimmel to a Kazakh plague questionnaire that began with, “In the last week, have you spent more than 15 minutes in the presence of any Jews?” Kimmel replied in the affirmative and said, “All of our writers and none of our camera guys are Jews.”
“As a member of Hollywood elite, have...
Cohen brought the house down as he entered, spraying the sets with liquid from a canister and announcing that Kazakh scientists had discovered that there is a virus, from Wuhan in Israel. While Kimmel doubted that the coronavirus originated in Israel, Cohen went around the set with a magnifying glass and a frying pan, trying to pound the virus to death.
Cohen then subjected Kimmel to a Kazakh plague questionnaire that began with, “In the last week, have you spent more than 15 minutes in the presence of any Jews?” Kimmel replied in the affirmative and said, “All of our writers and none of our camera guys are Jews.”
“As a member of Hollywood elite, have...
- 10/20/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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