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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
David Smith in Washington

Borat targets Trump, Ye and antisemitism at Kennedy Center Honors

Sacha Baron Cohen attending the reception for the Kennedy Center honorees hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House.
Sacha Baron Cohen attending the reception for the Kennedy Center honorees hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The British actor Sacha Baron Cohen reprised his character Borat and stole the show at the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in the US on Sunday night, targeting the former president Donald Trump, the rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, and antisemitism.

President Joe Biden smiled broadly and his wife, Jill, was in fits of laughter as Cohen told risque jokes in the comical accent of the Kazakh television journalist Borat Sagdiyev.

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