Perhaps you’ve heard: Sacha Baron Cohen is a serious actor now—and a philanthropist.
The Academy Award-nominated star of 2021’s The Trial of the Chicago stopped by The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Thursday to talk about his $500,000 donation to help aid famine victims in war-torn Sudan and his role in the new Apple TV drama Disclaimer.
But that doesn’t mean he’s above having a little fun. After Fallon wondered aloud what Ali G might say to Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were he to moderate a new last-minute debate between the two candidates, Cohen reluctantly obliged the host as he put on his trademark facial hair, skull cap, and glasses.
“I was kind of trying to launch myself as a dramatic actor,” Cohen joked before slipping into his Ali G persona.
“Yo, big up yourself, Kimmel,” he said to Fallon before turning to camera and addressing Trump.
“Yo, Yo, Mr. Trump. You has been convicted of 32 crimes. You stole classified documents. You boned ‘enough porn stars. And you ain’t never paid no taxes. Respek! You is my hero.”
To Harris, he said “Me is also got a a question for dat fit honey. Yo, what is you doing later, a’ight? When me look at you on the television, me gets a massive election, a’ight?”
Moments later, Fallon asked Cohen what Borat might say if he were to interview the two candidates. Affixing his Borat mustache and changing out his jacket for something a bit more, shall we say, Kazakhstani, Cohen again turned to the camera.
“Mr. Trumps, you say in Ohio that people are eat the cats and the dogs. Which restaurant do they serve them at? Can you get me reservation, please? In my country we have KFC, Kazakh Fried cat.”
To Harris, he said, “You are a woman, a person of colors, and am married to a a Jew. I advise you not to come to Kazakhstan. You have already made three out of four crimes punishable by death.”
Cohen’s visit with Fallon Thursday wasn’t his first time bringing one of his characters to a late-night talk show, having turned in memorable appearances as Borat with David Letterman and Conan O’Brien dating back to the mid-2000s.
