I WAS in the service! The United Parcel Service... | Sacha Baron Cohen's new character responds to Sarah Palin

I WAS in the service! The United Parcel Service...

Sacha Baron Cohen's new character responds to Sarah Palin

comedySacha Baron Cohen’s has responded to Sarah Palin’s claim that she was exploited by his ‘sick’ stunt.

The former vice-presidential candidate said the comic had duped her into agreeing to an interview for his new series by  posing as a disabled war veteran.

But in a response, Cohen has posted a letter on Twitter in the guise of a new character, the self-proclaimed ‘citizen journalist’ Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr, PhD. 

The alter-ego runs the site truthbrary.org – as opposed to a LIEbrary – which collates a few of the more common conspiracy theories.

His letter reads: ‘I did NOT say I was a War Vet. I was in the service – not military, but United Parcel and I only fought for my country once – when I shot a Mexican who came onto my property.’

He adds: ‘Just like our Great President I was sadly prevented from joining the regular army on account of bone spurs bein  [sic] discovered in my testies.’

Trump actually avoided military service for bone spurs in his feet.

The letter addressed Palin as ‘vice-president’ and praised her for telling the truth about ‘Obama’s birth certificate and the location of Russia’ – a reference to her supposed claim that ‘I can see Russia from my house.’ Though in fact she never said it: it was Tina Fey impersonating her on Saturday Night Live.

Who Is America? begins on Showtime in America on Sunday and on Channel 4 in the UK on Monday.

Published: 13 Jul 2018

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