Jackson Scene Deleted ‘Bruno’
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The moment is classic Baron Cohen, the kind in which he places some unsuspecting person in a weirdly deadpan situation and waits for the humiliation and the humor to follow. He also tries to interview and leaves. La Toya Jackson arrives at a contemporary L.A. home under the guise of being interviewed by ‘Bruno’, a character Baron Cohen introduced alongside Borat on his sketch comedy program “Da Ali G Show.” Because there’s no furniture in the house, ‘Bruno’ asks La Toya Jackson to sit on the back of a Mexican laborer, who’s on his hands and knees functioning as a chair. Another man serves as a table with pieces of sushi spread across his naked body. La Toya Jackson hangs out awhile and politely banters with Bruno, who asks whether she will introduce him to her brother, Michael. La Toya tries to deflect his persistent requests but relents when he asks to see her cell phone then he finds what is supposedly Michael Jackson’s number and reads it to his assistant in German.

