Sarah Palin Says Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Her for Showtime Series

Former Governor Sarah Palin speaks during the "Climate Hustle" panel discussion at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on April 14, 2016. Kris Connor/Getty Images

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said “Borat” and “Ali G” actor Sacha Baron Cohen “duped” her into an interview. Cohen, she said, “had heavily disguised himself” as a disabled wheelchair-bound U.S. veteran.

“Yup—we were duped,” Palin wrote on her Facebook page. “Ya’ got me, Sacha. Feel better now?”