The Rudy Giuliani Scene in ‘Borat 2’ Is Worse Than You’re Imagining

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Warning: This article contains major Borat 2 spoilers.

Critics were asked not to spoil Rudy Giuliani‘s scene in Borat 2, but, naturally, now the whole internet knows.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, aka Borat 2, coming to Amazon Prime this Friday, finds Sacha Baron Cohen once again embodying his famed character, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev. But this time around, Cohen had help from an accomplice for his more ambitious political pranks. Bulgarian actor Maria Bakalova, who plays Borat’s 15-year-old daughter Tutar, takes the lead in a jaw-dropping interview with Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and personal attorney to President Donald Trump.

Giuliani clearly thinks he’s participating in a soft-ball interview with Bakalova, who starts by admitting she is nervous to speak to “one of her greatest heroes.” Giuliani laughs, and promises, “I’ll relax you.” It’s an uncomfortable thing for a 76-year-old to say to a “reporter” (who, by the way, is 24 years old in real life); but it’s not nearly as uncomfortable as things are about to get.

Bakalova asks questions like: “A little bit about China—as an expert in national security, what do you think we can do to prevent this from happening again?” and “How many lives did Donald Trump save?” Giuliani responds, respectively: “China manufactured the virus,” and “Probably one million.” He also coughs conspicuously quite a bit.

Eventually, Cohen interrupts the interview posing as a sound guy—obviously in a wig, a fake nose, and doing the Borat voice to boot. But even after that intrusion, Giuliani clearly doesn’t realize Bakalova is in on it. Or maybe he just doesn’t care. Either way, the next scene plays out like a horror film: Giuliani follows Bakalova into the hotel bedroom for a “drink,” where Bakalova painstakingly unclips their microphones. Filmed via a camera that was presumably hidden, Giuliani asks for her phone number and address. Then he lies down on the bed. Then he puts his hands down his pants.

At this point, Cohen, dressed in lingerie, bursts into the room shouting, “She’s 15. She’s too old for you.”

Giuliani sits up with a start, and, though it’s not shown in the film, called the police shortly after, according to a report from Page Six.

While critics were asked not to reveal major stories in reviews today, the news of the scene quickly spread over the internet. The Guardian covered the incident and reached out to Giuliani for comment. (He has not responded.)

Back in July, Giuliani told Page Six, “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.”

It now feels safe to say that, actually, Cohen did get him.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm will begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video this Friday, October 23.

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