Sacha Baron Cohengave politicians a break for one segment of Sunday night’s episode ofWho Is America?, conning controversialBacheloralum Corinne Olympios into lying about outrageous acts of goodwill.
He also interviewed her about her contrived volunteer work, suggesting she pretend she’d been on the ground for a month.
“”Yeah, but they’re gonna know I wasn’t there,” she whispered to him.
“”No, no, no, I run the charity, so don’t worry,” he assured her.
Her claims only got more outlandish from there.
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“There was a war lord in Sierra Leone and he wanted to do a massacre, and apparently he recognized you, and you can tell us the story?” Baron Cohen asked.
She looked panicked for a moment, eyes darting around the set.
“He was gonna do a massacre of this village, and what happened?” Baron Cohen cajoled.
“So he recognized he, and he was a really big fan. … He was just really nice, actually, and he was really surprised to see me. I was surprised he knew who I was, and yeah, it was just really humbling,” she said, elaborating on her own, “It was good, because I saved 6,000 people. … I feel like because I was so kind back and I was so positive back, it really helped with the whole massacre situation.”
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Unlike fellowWho Is America?targets likeSarah PalinandJoe Walsh, Olympios — who gained fame onNick Viall‘s season of the ABC dating show — seems amused and even flattered about getting duped.
“Hopefully people just see that it is a Sacha Baron Cohen prank. He’s pranked a bunch of people with big names. It’s light, it’s funny, it’s nothing serious,” she toldThe Daily Beast. “I hope people can see that and they’re not going to freak out about me saying certain things, because people that know me know that I’m a really amazing person. And so, yeah, I just hope that I don’t offend anyone, but none of it was serious anyways!”
Who Is America?airs Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on Showtime.
source: people.com
