British actor Sacha Baron Cohen, known for his role as Borat, has apologized to Kazakhstanis. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
The actor spoke about this on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. In the interview, he admitted that he did not actually know how the people of Kazakhstan speak, and said that Borat has nothing to do with the country, asking people not to be offended by the character.
"I would like to apologize for the first time to the people of Kazakhstan. Because Borat has nothing to do with Kazakhstan," the actor said.
According to him, the Embassy of Kazakhstan filed an official complaint over the Borat character, and it was justified.