Giuliani was an unsuspecting participant in the sequel, having agreed to an interview with Tutar (Maria Bakalova), Borat’s teenage daughter.
In a second acceptance speech, for the Borat sequel’s win for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical), Cohen also thanked the bodyguard he worked with on the film.
Giuliani would later accuse Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen of being a “stone-cold liar”, for implying that the scene showed anything other than him simply “tucking in his shirt”.
“A fresh new talent who came from nowhere, and turned out to be a comedy genius.