BORAT star Sacha Baron Cohen was beaten up by a passer-by after he tried to play a prank as his alter ego. He approached the man and said: “I like your clothings. Are nice! Please may I buying? I want have sex with it.”….But the bystander didn’t see the joke. He took one look at Cohen and punched him in the face….He was rescued by actor pal Hugh Laurie who had been on his way to a New York bar with Cohen.
I’m only sorry that I wasn’t the one who clocked Cohen. I’m so sick of Borat I could scream. Not only was the movie the worst piece of cinematic crap I’ve ever been subjected to, a pointless exercise in insulting my intelligence, Cohen’s character is EVERYWHERE. I hear his voice on the radio, I see the ads for Borat on television. My God, people; it’s a HORRIBLE movie…unless, of course, you enjoy misogyny, racism, sexism, and tasteless potty humor.
Borat is about as funny as a extended rectal exam. It’s just too bad that so many Americans are rewarding Cohen for such a tasteless, unfunny exercise in wasting our time. Frankly, Cohen should be paying us.
Laurie rushed to help and pushed the man away as Cohen struggled to his feet. A pal of Cohen said: “Sacha couldn’t resist playing the fool as Borat, but picked on the wrong person.
“I guess this guy thought he was being attacked by someone unstable and lashed out. Sacha is very lucky he didn’t get a much worse beating.”
Yeah, he’s lucky he didn’t try his shtick on me. I’m about as nonviolent as they come (my last fight was in the fifth grade…I lost and promptly retired), but I think I would have absolutely disassembled Cohen…and probably felt pretty good about it afterward.
The incident took place after Laurie and Cohen appeared on the US TV show Saturday Night Live. The Brit comics were on their way to a late dinner when Laurie suggested they visit a bar in Manhattan.
Uh…any reference to Sacha Baron Cohen as a “comic” is purely an exercise in unintended irony….
Laurie, 47, told friends he feared Cohen was going to get badly beaten up. Luckily, 35-year-old Cohen did not receive any lasting scars.
Studio chiefs have warned Cohen to avoid pretending to be the spoof Kazakhstan TV reporter on the streets. Since the film was launched he has only appeared in character while promoting the movie on American television shows.
Hmm…perhaps this was sound advice after all, no??
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is tipped to become the highest grossing comedy of all time.
“Comedy”? Now there’s something to laugh about. If Borat is a comedy, or at least something funny (That IS what a comedy is supposed to be, no?), then I’m Mary, Queen of Scots.
Frankly, I think Cohen got what he deserved.
