Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen appears to get former Vice President Dick Cheney to sign a “waterboard kit” in a teaser video for his upcoming project.
In a video posted to Twitter on Sunday, in which Cohen suggests he went under cover for a year to film, the actor can be heard asking, “Dick Cheney, is it possible for you to sign my waterboard kit?”
Cheney then appears, sitting on an chair. He says, “sure” and signs an empty gallon-sized container for water.
“That’s a first. First time I’ve ever signed a water board,” he adds before the short video ends.
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) July 8, 2018
It’s unclear whether the footage has been doctored.
The former vice president was one of the fiercest advocates of extreme interrogations in the Bush administration after the Sept. 11 attacks, arguing waterboarding helped interrogators get information from al Qaeda in an effort to protect American lives.
Cohen, who is famous for bringing to live larger-than-life comedy characters like Borat and Ali G where he would interact with real people who did not know Cohen was in character, is reportedly set to make his next appearance in “Who Is America?”, which will premiere next Sunday on Showtime, according to Vulture.
In a tweet on July 4, Cohen shared a “message from your President,” in which Trump insults the actor as a “third-rate character.” The video ends with text saying Cohen will be graduating soon from Trump University.
A message from your President @realDonaldTrump on Independence Day pic.twitter.com/O2PwZqO0cs
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) July 4, 2018
