To be fair, Cohen did point out that if he didn’t get her permission, the whole endeavor would have totally been kidnapping.
He may be all about getting the laugh at the end of the day, but he’s smart enough not to end up in jail.
In a career as full of comedic moments that employ quite a bit of shock value and subterfuge, the most surprising fact revealed during Sacha Baron Cohen’s talk with The Daily Beast was that Pamela Anderson was the one person to say yes to committing to the gag that was featured in Borat.