‘Evil, exploitative, sick’: Sarah Palin rips Sacha Baron Cohen for ‘duping’ her into TV interview disguised as a wounded US military veteran
The British actor and comedian spent a year undercover filming his new series for the Showtime channel, snagging sit-downs with Bernie Sanders, Dick Cheney and Palin
Sarah Palin has called Sacha Baron Cohen “evil, exploitative and sick” after revealing that the satirist had “duped” her into an interview for an upcoming series by posing as a wounded military veteran.
On Monday it was revealed that Baron Cohen had spent a year undercover filming a new project for the Showtime channel. The series, Who is America?, explores a range of figures “across the political and cultural spectrum” and is reported to feature interviews with Bernie Sanders, Dick Cheney – and Palin.
Ya got me, Sacha. Feel better now?
A teaser released for the show features a clip of Cheney being asked to sign a “waterboarding kit”.
“Yup – we were duped. Ya’ got me, Sacha. Feel better now? I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitative, sick ‘humour’ of the British ‘comedian’,” Palin wrote in a Facebook post addressing the incident.
The former governor of Alaska said she had travelled to Washington with one of her daughters for the interview, which she believed was for a “legit” historical documentary on Showtime.
She said that Baron Cohen had “heavily disguised himself as a disabled US veteran, fake wheelchair and all” for the interview.