Golden Globes 2021: Sacha Baron Cohen takes dig at Giuliani, Trump throughout acceptance speech

By ANI
WASHINGTON: After bagging two Golden Globes accolades, British actor and comic Sacha Baron Cohen known as out the “all-white” Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), and he additionally thanked Rudy Giuliani, who made a reluctant look within the ‘Borat Subsequent Flim’.

HFPA is the voting physique behind the annual awards present and it has come below extreme criticism this 12 months for the shortage of illustration inside its board and when it comes to nominations as effectively.

Cohen’s point out of Rudy Giuliani was in reference to his cringe-worthy interview with Cohen’s co-star Maria Bakalova that additionally capped off a wild ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’.

‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ bagged Golden Globe 2021 award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Cohen additionally gained the Golden Globe within the class of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.

“Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press. I have gotta say this movie couldn’t have been possible without my co-star, a fresh, new talent who came from nowhere and turned out to be a comedy genius,” Variety quoted Cohen as saying.

“I am talking, of course, about Rudy Giuliani. I mean, who can get more laughs out of one unzipping? Incredible. Our movie was just the beginning for him, Rudy went on to star in a string of comedy films. Hits like ‘Four Seasons Landscaping,’ ‘Hair Dye Another Day’ and the courtroom drama A Very Public Fart,” he added.

Cohen’s win got here 15 years after successful the identical accolade for the 2006 mockumentary ‘Borat’, and because of this, the British actor is now the primary individual within the historical past of Golden Globes to win two awards for a similar movie character, Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev.

In his speech for the very best actor win, Cohen poked enjoyable at former US President Donald Trump’s refusal to simply accept the presidential election outcomes.

“Hold on, Donald Trump is contesting the result. He’s claiming that a lot of dead people voted, which is a very rude thing to say about the HFPA,” stated Cohen.

The 78th Golden Globe Awards befell practically two months later than regular, as a result of influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema and tv.

This was the primary bi-coastal ceremony, with Tina Fey co-hosting from the Rainbow Room in New York City, and Amy Poehler co-hosting from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

The nominees for Golden Globes had been introduced on February 3 and Jane Fonda and Norman Lear had been introduced because the recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award, respectively.