Booyakasha! Some 14 years after saying that he would retire his Ali G character, Sacha Baron Cohen has confirmed that he plans to bring the leader of Da West Staines Massiv to the stage for stand-up shows.
Rumours circulated in Australia this summer that Baron Cohen, who is married to the actress Isla Fisher and has spent much of the pandemic at their Sydney home, had made surprise performances at comedy clubs as the wannabe gangster rapper.
The rumours were true. “I just wanted to get on stage and muck around and see what Ali G would be like with a crowd. It was really good fun,” Baron Cohen, 49, said.
“The reason I became a comedian was that I loved people laughing at my
