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The Last Laugh

Preview: Sacha Baron Cohen Confirms ‘Borat’ Rumor

The Last Laugh

The Daily Beast

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Interviews, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Tv, Movies, Film

4.6661 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this preview of next week’s episode, Sacha Baron Cohen confirms something that has long been rumored about Pamela Anderson’s role in the ‘Borat’ movie and the unlikely effect her cameo had on her marriage to Kid Rock.


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0:00.0

Hello, my name is Matt Wilstein, and this is The Last Laugh.

0:06.6

Today, I want to share with you a clip for my upcoming live episode with Sasha Baron Cohen.

0:11.2

When Sasha and I spoke for about an hour in front of a live audience as part of

0:15.0

SAG conversations last week, we went deep on all of the crazy things that happened during

0:19.3

the filming of his recent Showtime series, Who is America?

0:22.4

But then, we started talking about the Borat movie.

0:25.5

He confirmed something that I had only heard rumors about regarding Pamela Anderson's role in the film

0:29.8

and the unlikely effect it had on her very short marriage to Kid Rock.

0:33.9

So please enjoy this clip and listen to our full conversation when the episode premieres next Tuesday, June 4th.

0:42.3

So the climax of that movie is the Pamela Anderson kidnapping scene, which there's been a long debate over whether she was in on it or not.

0:52.8

So do you want to clear that up for everyone now?

0:55.6

Was Pamela Anderson in on that moment?

0:57.5

So she was the only person in on that movie.

1:00.0

Yes.

1:01.0

She was, I think, otherwise it would have been kidnapping.

1:05.0

Right, right.

1:07.0

And we did that scene twice, actually.

1:09.0

The first time we did a book signing and I grabbed her over my shoulder and ran out with her,

1:13.1

and no one did anything.

1:15.0

I was like, what kind of fans are these?

1:19.0

And so we did it again, and they started running off to me.

1:25.2

And I turned, and I didn't realize

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