BeforeSacha Baron Cohentackled U.S. politics inWho is America?he excelled at tricking vulnerable celebrities likePaula Abdul.
Look, I heard I was getting an International Artist of the Year award Im gonna show up.
I wanted to get that award.
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Abdul spent months riddled with anxiety about what would happen to the footage.
Abdul adamantly answered the requests with I havent worked with Sacha Baron Cohen!
I think hes a genius, but I havent worked with him.
It was a week before the opening, Abdul said, and I wasnt even invited.
When theWatch What Happens Livehost jokingly asked Would you have gone?
Abdul paused a beat, and exclaimed: Ill show up at anything.
Watch Abdul tell the full story onWatch What Happens Liveabove, and the classicBrunoclip below.
