A hoax too far for Ali G star

Ali G star Sasha Baron Cohen took a prank too far at an American rodeo – and was nearly lynched by angry locals.

Ali G star Sasha Baron Cohen took a prank too far at an American rodeo – and was nearly lynched by angry locals.

Cohen, posing as his Kazakhstani journalist character Borat, insulted people in Salem, Virginia, telling them that their President drank blood, and singing a mangled version of the American national anthem.

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