‘Borat’ Star Steps Out Of Character For Globes Win

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (January 15, 2007) — For months he was only Borat.

But instead of appearing in character, Sacha Baron Cohen stepped out as himself to collect the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical for his role as the hapless Kazakh journalist in “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”

The transition back to himself, he said, was a bit of an accident.

“I woke up one morning and I was quite hung over, and I accidentally shaved my mustache off. I realized I had no alternative,” he said, seemingly serious, backstage at the ceremony.

Cohen said the real thanks for his award belongs to his fiancee, actress Isla Fisher.

“She agreed to sleep with Borat for 10 months,” he said.

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