President Donald Trump's personal lawyer and one of his closest confidants, Rudy Giuliani, is once again the subject of controversy after revelations about his appearance in the new Borat film.
For those unfamiliar, Borat—and creator Sacha Baron Cohen's signature brand of comedy—features a disguised Cohen infiltrating political circles to humiliate unwitting politicians and activists.
This past summer, Giuliani admitted that he had an encounter with Cohen, but Giuliani claimed to be giving an interview on Trump's leadership before Cohen barged in wearing a "pink transgender outfit."
With the release of Borat's sequel—Borat Subsequent Moviefilm—hitting screens on Friday, there are now more details about the encounter that may prove fatal to Giuliani's reputation.
According to reporters who saw the film before its release, the encounter actually shows Maria Bakalova, who plays Borat's daughter in the film, posing as a young conservative journalist.
After the fake interview, the two go to a hotel room for a drink, where Giuliani removes her microphone and asks for her phone number. Bakalova removes the mic from Giuliani's pants as he pats her on the bottom.
Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, then lays back on the bed and moves his hands into his pants suggestively.
Screen shots of the moment soon emerged on Twitter.
Who's ready to see the new 'Borat' moviefilm on Friday? pic.twitter.com/2i9xCJeiqe
— Alexander McKinley, QBE (@Ajohms1956) October 21, 2020
Borat ends career of dead-handed dumbass Rudy Giuliani pic.twitter.com/XNdI9U3khz
— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) October 21, 2020
As if the damning revelations weren't humiliating enough, statements made by Giuliani and his team this past July seemed all the more ridiculous in retrospect.
These July tweets from @RudyGiuliani's communications director @Christianne_L_A turned out to be as absurd as they sound.
Also she's truly using North Korean/autocratic flourishes here. pic.twitter.com/pSyO6kMaZG
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 21, 2020
Giuliani's communication's director, Christianné Allen, described an "un-fooled and placid" Giuliani threatening to call the police after a "stupefied" Cohen, as Borat, barged in on the "interview for a documentary on [Donald Trump's] leadership" during the pandemic.
At the time, Giuliani said:
"I only later realized it must have been Sacha Baron Cohen. I thought about all the people he previously fooled and I felt good about myself because he didn't get me..."
The mockery Giuliani is currently undergoing on Twitter indicates otherwise.
Opens Twitter: sees Rudy Giuliani with his hands down his pants.
Closes Twitter. pic.twitter.com/EYsJOfFKYW
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 21, 2020
Seriously, who had:
- Borat delivering predator Rudy Giuliani
- with hands on his d*ck
- with an "underage" woman
- in a hotel room
- in 4K
- with dolby digital sound
- in a 2020 bingo card? pic.twitter.com/EYuR3TEfgY
— ALT-immigration 🛂 (@ALT_uscis) October 21, 2020
It's like an episode of To Catch a Predator but Rudy got busted by Borat instead of Chris Hansen
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 21, 2020
Rudy Giuliani was fooled by a well known TV character. let that sink in.
— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) October 21, 2020
Look at how easy it is to compromise Rudy Giuliani. #ByeRudy pic.twitter.com/7W9Ggpl5Nm
— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) October 21, 2020
The funny thing is I bet Rudy Giuliani still doesn't quite understand Borat isn't a real person.
— Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) October 21, 2020
Giuliani got duped by Sacha Baron Cohen.
Now recall he sought help digging up Biden dirt from someone the US government has labeled a trained Russian operative seeking to interfere in the 2020 election. https://t.co/cEuKdGnvwN
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 21, 2020
Some who have actually seen the film, which will be released on Amazon Prime on October 23, say the scene is even more bonkers than it sounds.
Well, looks like the cat's out of the pants. Having seen #Borat2 I can now safely tell you #RudyGiuliani is over in a very big way. It's worse than you think and more uncomfortable than anything I've seen in a recent film, documentary or otherwise.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) October 21, 2020
I've seen the Giuliani moment in Borat 2. It's even wilder than it sounds. Beyond cringe.
— Maureen Dowd (@maureendowd) October 21, 2020
Giuliani's team has been silent on the matter so far.
