http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-12/sacha-baron-cohen-sarah-palin-hits-out-fake-interviews/9986242
Sacha Baron Cohen's trail of 'fake interview' destruction for new show has Sarah Palin fuming
Updated about an hour ago
Sacha Baron Cohen (left) in a tuxedo, Sarah Palin (right) speaks on stage
Photo: Sacha Baron Cohen and Sarah Palin… the former governor of Alaska says his tactics are "truly sick". (Reuters/AP)
Provocative British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is leaving a trail of "fake interview" destruction ahead of his new television show due to air next week, duping US politicians including Sarah Palin and former vice-president Dick Cheney in elaborate pranks.
Politicians have been warned on social media to "beware" as a series of elaborate pranks scale up.
Ms Palin didn't see the funny side of the prank and fired back on her Facebook page:
"The disrespect of our US military and middle-class Americans via Cohen's foreign commentaries under the guise of interview questions was perverse," she wrote.
The former governor of Alaska travelled across the US with one of her daughters for what Ms Palin thought was a "legit historical documentary".
External Link: Sarah Palin Facebook page
She said on Facebook: "Cohen (I presume) had heavily disguised himself as a disabled US Veteran, fake wheelchair and all.
"Out of respect for what I was led to believe would be a thoughtful discussion with someone who had served in uniform, I sat through a long 'interview' full of …disrespect and sarcasm."
Ms Palin said she finally "had enough," removed the mic and walked out of the interview.
"Mock politicians and innocent public personalities all you want, if that lets you sleep at night, but HOW DARE YOU mock those who have fought and served our country. Truly sick," Ms Palin wrote.