Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks Rudy Giuliani, Who Calls Police

Rudy Giuliani arrived Tuesday at a Manhattan hotel for what he thought was a serious interview about the coronavirus but ended up calling the police on bikini-wearing prankster Sacha Baron Cohen .

Giuliani, President Donald Trump ’s attorney and the former New York City mayor, told the New York Post’s Page Six that he settled in for a sit-down about the White House response to the pandemic.

A woman began to ask questions and then, Giuliani said, “This guy comes running in, wearing a crazy, what I would say was a pink transgender outfit. It was a pink bikini, with lace, underneath a translucent mesh top, it looked absurd. He had the beard, bare legs, and wasn’t what I would call distractingly attractive.”

Giuliani said he didn’t immediately recognize the “screaming and yelling” actor.  “I thought this must be a scam or a shake-down, so I reported it to the police,” he told the gossip section. “He then ran away.”

Witnesses saw Cohen bolt from the Mark Hotel in a bathrobe, the tabloid noted. Cops arrived, but didn’t seek to apprehend Cohen, who recently infiltrated a far-right rally in Olympia, Washington, and goaded the crowd into a racist singalong.

Giuliani told Page Six he realized later that it must have been Cohen. “I felt good about myself because he didn’t get me,” he said.

Giuliani said he’s a fan of Cohen’s movie “Borat,” and even quoted one of his favorite lines.

Some entertainment sites, including Deadline , speculated the stunt could be for another installment of Cohen’s “Who Is America?” prank series on Showtime. The show aired for one season in 2018.