The comedian riffed on Ye's anti-Semitism as US president Joe Biden looked on at ceremony for lifetime achievements in the arts.
was perhaps the most powerful A-lister at the ceremony for lifetime achievements in the arts, but Baron Cohen seized centre stage as the boorish and bigoted Borat, the Kazakhstani journalist character he made famous in movies.Trump’s recent hosting of a dinner with Ye and the Holocaust-denying Nick Fuentes, plus the rapper’s unhinged rants about Jews and declaration of support for Adolf Hitler, provided lots of material for the Jewish comedian.
. “It is not fair. Kazakhstan is number one Jew-crushing nation. Stop stealing our hobby. Stop the steal! Stop the steal!” “Your Kanye, he tried to move to Kazakhstan and even changed his name to Kazakhstanye West. But we said no. He too anti-Semitic, even for us,” Baron Cohen’s Borat added. The comic, who’s also an activist, sang With or Without Jews to the tune of U2′s With Or Without You.“What’s the problem? They loved this at Mar-a-Lago. They chose Without Jews,” Baron Cohen’s Borat sniped.STEFANI REYNOLDS via Getty Images“I am told the president of yours today is here. Where are you, Mr Trump?,” Baron Cohen said as his alter-ego Borat,Catching a glimpse of Biden, Borat declared: “You don’t look so good ... your big belly is gone. And your pretty orange skin has gone pale.
Eyeing first lady Jill Biden, Baron Cohen’s Borat observed: “I see you have a new wife. She is very erotic. I must look away before I get a Bono.”President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden with son Hunter Biden and Melissa Cohen at the Kennedy Center Honors.
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