Sacha Baron Cohen publicly apologized to the people of Kazakhstan for Borat British comedian did so on a popular American podcast. He emphasized that his scandalous nature has nothing to do with the real country. Initially, the hero was developed as a native of Albania or Moldova, but after the project was transferred to the HBO channel, the choice fell on Kazakhstan, since the international audience knew the least about the republic. The actor admitted that he does not know how to imitate a real Kazakh accent, respects the culture of the country and considers the past complaints from the Kazakh embassy to be completely justified. "I'm really sorry. I apologize to you. I can't imitate your accent. I don't know how you speak. You don't look like Borat at all! " - noted Sacha Baron Cohen in Happy Sad Confused.

Sacha Baron Cohen publicly apologized to the people of Kazakhstan for Borat British comedian did so on a popular American podcast. He emphasized that his scandalous nature has nothing to do with the real country. Initially, the hero was developed as a native of Albania or Moldova, but after the project was transferred to the HBO channel, the choice fell on Kazakhstan, since the international audience knew the least about the republic. The actor admitted that he does not know how to imitate a real Kazakh accent, respects the culture of the country and considers the past complaints from the Kazakh embassy to be completely justified. "I'm really sorry. I apologize to you. I can't imitate your accent. I don't know how you speak. You don't look like Borat at all! " - noted Sacha Baron Cohen in Happy Sad Confused.