{
  "id": 17093359,
  "title": "Sacha Baron Cohen publicly apologizes to Kazakhstan for ‘Borat,’ 20 years after the film’s release",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/sacha-baron-cohen-publicly-apologizes-to-kazakhstan-for-borat-20",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-29T16:57:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/29/sacha-baron-cohen-publicly-apologizes-to-kazakhstan-for-borat-20-years-after-the-film-s-release"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "British actor Sacha Baron Cohen has publicly apologized to the people of Kazakhstan for his portrayal of Borat in the 2006 film of the same name. “Borat” follows Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional journalist from Kazakhstan who travels to the United States to make a documentary, encounters American culture, and finds himself in all sorts of comical situations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Ali G: Who Iz I?’ Lands on Prime Video Less Than a Week After Theatrical Release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/sacha-baron-cohens-ali-g-who-iz-i-lands-on-prime-video-less-than-a",
        "published": "2026-10-26T19:57:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Ali G: Who Iz I?’ to Stream on Prime Video Days After Brief Theatrical Stint",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/sacha-baron-cohens-ali-g-who-iz-i-to-stream-on-prime-video-days-after",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:24:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}