Sacha Baron Cohen's Most Outrageous Moments

No matter how you feel about Sacha Baron Cohen – and the man tends to elicit stiff reactions – you ca n’t deny that he isfearless . Over the past two decennium , the man who gave us Ali G , Borat , and Brüno has made a vocation out of provoking and unsettling audience , whether he ’s grow a Virginia rodeo crowd to sing a butchered version of the national anthem or scat around a hotel with his dong flailing . In honour of his young flick , Grimsby , take a feel back at some of the gonzo comedian ’s most outlandish on - screen trick .

Grimsby’s elephant scene

If you were worried that Baron Cohen ’s love of porcine bodily functions would wane with metre , fear not ! He ’s latterly been peddling a peculiarly raunchy selection from his raw filmGrimsbyon previous - Nox appearance , which evidently necessitate Baron Cohen getting slap in the face by an elephant ’s dong while hide inside another elephant ’s vagina . Is n’t nature beautiful ? The time itself was deemed too offensive to be aired onKimmel , but the interview ’s reaction tells us all we need to know .

The naked fight scene inBorat

Watching Baron Cohen wrestling naked with his rotund producer Azamat ( Ken Davitian ) is one of the most graphic and jape - induce thing we ’ve ever see on screen . Our hearts go out to the poor hotel patron who had to experience the blubbery brawl firsthand .

Landing on Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards

A surefire way to make Slim Shady stand up ? Engineer a telegram mishap so that an holy man - wing Brüno lands scrotum - first on Em ’s face at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards .

Spilling ashes on Ryan Seacrest

While Eminem was in on Baron Cohen ’s jest at the MTV Movie Awards , Ryan Seacrest was genuinely surprised when the comic , apparel in full authoritarian regalia , dumped an urn of " Kim Jong - il ’s ashes " on him at the 2012 Oscar crimson carpet . Certainly fall in a whole new significance to the question , " Who are you wearing ? "

His rodeo anthem

How has Sacha Baron Cohen not been beaten to smithereens yet ? Baron Cohen sure enough came close when , shoot a scene forBorat , he moderate the crew at aVirginia rodeoin his own adaptation of the interior anthem , declaring , " I go for you kill every mankind , woman , and child in Iraq , down to the lizard , and may George W. Bush drink the rakehell of every man , charwoman , and child in Iraq . " The 4,000 - strong crew freaked out , clearly , and rodeo officials had to rush Baron Cohen out before any serious violence occurred .

The cage fight make-out inBrüno

Another one for the beatdown - narrowly - head off file cabinet : what happens when yard of inebriated Arkansas dudes show up expecting to see a cage engagement but end up watch a turned on guy - on - guy make - out academic term ? Nothing salutary . " There were 2,000 drunk good old boys baying for blood , " Baron Cohen told David Letterman later when describing the experience , which resulted in him getting pelt with beer and hustle out by security before the arena full of angry homophobes could get their paws on him .

Ali G’s religion round table

Our favoriteAli G Showinterviews are the ones where Baron Cohen brings his unambiguously insensitive coming to extremely sensitive topics . One such subject ? Religion . In this particularly cringeworthy segment , Baron Cohen ’s cluelessWest Staines gangsterbombards a mathematical group of clergy members with mindless questions like , " If God has got all these awing mightiness , why does n’t he flex it every day ? ” and refers to Jesus Christ as " the mack pop of the Christian thing . "

Riding in vans with bears

No , this is not a sequel to the 2001Drew Barrymore picture show ; this is a very real stunt that Sacha Baron Cohen pulled while take the movieBorat(resulting in a very realFBI fileabout a reported " terrorist traveling in an ice cream van " ) . minor , we know you want a snow cone , but please : BACK AWAY FROM THE ICE CREAM TRUCK .

Brüno crashes a runway show

manner is serious business . therefore , neither the manner constabulary nor the actual policetook kindlyto a abandoned ship - clad Baron Cohen dash a Milan Fashion Week runway show while shooting theBrünomovie .

Ali G interviews Donald Trump in 2003

Ali G cant over his drip mould - free ice pick glove to an unimpressed Donald Trump is pretty insolent – albeit much less hideous than almostanything Trump doeson a daily basis in 2016 .

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Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat in Cannes