Um… Hmmm. I’m not American. I don’t need to have sympathy. Probably I wouldn’t behave like him. Probably I wouldn’t be tapping somebody’s waist. Probably I wouldn’t lie on the bed. Probably I wouldn’t be drinking during an interview. Probably I wouldn’t do a lot of things like him. But everybody makes their own choices. You have a brain, use it…. And think before you do something because your actions will have reactions.
— Maria Bakalova, star of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” during an interview with GQ, commenting as to whether she had any sympathy for Rudy Giuliani after the infamous scene where he can be seen lying on a bed in a hotel with his hand down his pants when she was posing as a reporter. Bakalova said she was nervous to film with Giuliani “because he is a lawyer and lawyers are really smart, so you have to be really, really convincing.” She also revealed that Giuliani refused to take a COVID test prior to meeting with her and that she was scared he might give it to her. Giuliani earned a Razzie nomination for his “performance,” while Bakalova earned Bafta and Academy Award nominations.
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