"Next thing I know, he's a billionaire": Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G quips about giving Trump "a business idea" when he was "penniless"

Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G recently spoke about giving Donald Trump a "business idea" in 2003. He also shared his thoughts on the latter's tenure as the President of the United States.

Ali G is a fictional character played by actor Sacha Baron Cohen, not just in shows and movies, but also in real life at times. A movie based on him, titled Ali G: Who Iz I?, is scheduled to be released on October 23. Its premiere took place on Wednesday, October 14.

Cohen spoke to Variety on the red carpet, and the host asked him about interviewing Donald Trump in 2003. The actor replied in the character of Ali G and said:

"You know, when me interviewed Donald Trump, him was penniless, right? Me gave him a business idea, called the ice cream glove. It's a glove that you wear when you're eating ice cream, so that the ice cream don't go all over your clothes. He pretended he wasn't interested in the idea. I almost felt for it. Next thing I know, he's a billionaire. He's been making his ice cream gloves, and then check this. He became the president."

The reporter then asked Ali G what he thought about Trump's work as a president, and he answered:

"Yo, you know, a thing, you know, him is doing the presidential thing, you know, flying on planes, walking around the, that white house, what's it called? You know, and hanging around on his friend, Einstein's Island, you know."

The last comment was in reference to Epstein Island. Donald Trump's name appeared numerous times in the Epstein Files, as he was previously friends with the late child sex offender.

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Sacha Baron Cohen and his 300 fans pose as Ali G in London ahead of the movie's release

In a promotional activity for their upcoming movie, he invited around 300 fans in London on Sunday, October 11. Sacha Baron Cohen and all of those fans were dressed in the bright yellow outfit of Ali G. The actor posed with them for pictures and also judged a lookalike competition.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sacha Baron Cohen spoke about the event in the Ali G character and said:

“Me iz well proud to have staged de biggest event in London since de Paris Olympics 3 years ago — de bloke who counts Donald Trump's crowds said dere woz over 800,000 Ali Gs on de streets!”

“Dis haz gone so well me iz gonna make it an annual event every five years and best of all it went wivout trouble and it woz a massive boost to de London economy, in fact TK Maxx on Oxford Street had its busiest day in a decade wiv over 300K worth of goods shoplifted," he added.

Meanwhile, Amazon MGM Studios will be releasing Ali G: Who Iz I? on October 23. However, it will be available in theatres for just one week before it starts streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Cohen joked during the event that it will also be available on DVDs at the Egham Market.

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