Stunt by Ali G causes near Riot at US rodeo
 

LONDON (Reuters) - British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen escaped a near-riot at an American rodeo while filming his satirical "Da Ali G Show."


According to a report in the Roanoke Times of North Carolina, a man who was introduced as Boraq Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan -- in reality a Cohen character named Borat -- appeared at the rodeo over the weekend after organizers agreed to have him sing the national anthem.


After telling the crowd he supported America's war on terrorism, he said, "I hope you kill every man, woman and child in Iraq, down to the lizards... And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq."

He then sang a garbled version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" that ended with the words "your home in the grave."

The Roanoke Times reported that the crowd turned "downright nasty." One observer said "If he had been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would have shot him."

Cohen and his film crew were escorted out of the Salem Civic Center and told to leave the premises.

"Had we not gotten them out of there, there would have been a riot," rodeo producer Bobby Rowe told the paper. "They loaded up the van and they screeched out of there."

It is not the first time Cohen has wooed controversy with his show, which airs on Channel 4 in the UK and on HBO in the United States. In one episode last year, Borat sang an anti-Semitic song called "Throw the Jew Down the Well" at a U.S. country music bar, prompting protests from the U.S-based Anti-Defamation League.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke%5C16655.html

respect!!

he did the same sort of thing at a baseball game...what did they expect though

I am better at the news than you. :)

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But you did'nt word it right!.

I think we all agree that fast news is more important than accurate news. :upsidedow

Boyakasha!

Go figure that they don't have a sense of humor for US-bashing at a RODEO!

lol the dude is a tool but a funny too sometimes

That guy is hysterical.

Boraq Sagdiyev is actually Ali G ?

btw.. is that show still on Showcase in Canada ?

that dude is WILD.... occasionally funny







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He just does not give a fuck....

Do you believe in Techmology?

hahahaha <3 Ali G

that show sucks balls.

That sounds funny but I can imagine fucking with the anthem at a rodeo would not go over well.. kinda like Roseanne singing at the baseball game.

here's it is ... throw the jew down the well .... :1orglaugh

oh hell yeah

glad he did that, but also glad he got out of there in time...i am sure he would have been lynched

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh