19th November, 2008
Sacha Baron Cohen sneaks onto International Space Station
Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as his alter ego Bruno on Sunday by sneaking onto the International Space Station. The British comedian is working on a film based on the fictional character Bruno, a gay Austrian style reporter who conducted gag interviews on HBO's "Da Ali G Show." Cohen has been crashing parties, style shows and gay rights rallies in the last few months. He appeared inside the space station disguised in a blond wig. The space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station more than 200 miles above the Earth over the weekend.
"It appears Mr. Cohen somehow got himself inside the shuttle and hitched a ride to the space station," said NASA spokesperson Arthur Mulencrueger. "Under normal circumstances, this would have been considered a massive security failure. But once we found out that it was Borat (Cohen), we all had a good laugh here at NASA. It's Borat. That guy is hilarious. Remember when he got naked with the plump guy in his first movie? Again, since this was all done in good fun, we're not going to take any action."
Congressional leaders are calling for an immediate investigation into how Cohen was able to get on board the space shuttle. But NASA officials are dismissing the calls.
"Come on people, it's Borat," said Mulencrueger.
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