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WAWAWEEWA! Sacha Baron Cohen brings Borat back to destroy Kanye and Trump

Ayaan PaulDecember 6, 2022 | 18:46 IST

The prodigal son of Kazakhstan returns! This time, in attendance at the Kennedy Center Honours, Kazakhi TV journalist Borat took the stage to eviscerate Kanye West and the former US President Donald Trump for their recent fiascos.

The iconic satirical character, played by Sacha Baron Cohen, made his first sighting since the 2020 sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, at the gala ceremony in Washington DC, US.

Sacha Baron Cohen attends the Kennedy Center Honours

On stage to honour the Irish band U2 for their contributions to American culture, Cohen’s Borat seems to have spotted the US President Joe Biden and the First Lady Jill Biden seated in the audience. “I know the President of the US and A is here. Where are you, Mr. Trump?” he quips.

“You don’t look so good. Where has your glorious big belly gone? And your pretty orange skin has become pale... But I see you have a new wife. Wawaweewa! She is very erotic. I must look away before I get a Bono.”
- Borat addresses the US President and First Lady at the Kennedy Center Honours
The First Lady Jill Biden is in splits after Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat skit

Cohen turned his attention towards rapper Kanye West’s recent spats of Nazi-praising and Hitler-loving hate speech that resulted in a Twitter ban, among a great deal of other things.

“I must say I’m very upset about the antisemitism in the US today. It’s not fair. Kazakhstan is the number one Jew-crushing nation. Stop stealing our hobby. Stop the steal! Stop the steal! You're Kanye. He tried to move to Kazakhstan and even tried to change his name to Kazakhstan-ye West. But we said no. He’s too antisemitic even for us.”
- Borat calls out Kanye West for his antisemitism

Cohen proceeded to sing a parody of the U2 song, “With or Without You”, aptly titled “With or Without Jews”.

“What’s the problem? They loved this at Mar-a-Lago. They chose ‘Without Jews’.”
- Borat breaks off between “With or Without Jews”
U2 attends the Kennedy Center Honours alongside George Clooney

Finally, the comedian paid tribute to the Irish band at the event by referring to them as #MeToo and referencing their 2014 album Songs of Innocence, which was automatically added to iTunes user accounts without their consent.

“It translates to mean ‘Please remove your wretched album from my new iPhone 6.”
- Borat translates a message for U2 in Kazakh

Though the likes of George Clooney, Gladys Knight, Tania Leon and Amy Grant were honoured alongside U2 at the event, the eastern European reporter seems to have stolen the show beyond all doubt.

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Last updated: December 06, 2022 | 18:46
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