Joshua Loudermilk, one of two men apparently discredited by the new Ali G movie Ali G: Who Iz I?, has said that he was in on the joke, but that the film-makers didn’t realise this.
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makers → discredit → this
Loudermilk, a 54-year-old aspiring actor from North Carolina, has told the Guardian he recognised star Sacha Baron Cohen early in the shoot but continued pretending to be a hard-right Maga sympathiser prepared to defend the US border at all costs.
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he → tell → costs
The movie involves Loudermilk being recruited by another Cohen character, the ex-Mossad terrorist expert Col Erran Morad, to help form a citizens’ warrior force to protect US borders, making use of his top-secret new weapon: a gun disguised as buttocks.
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Loudermilk → involve → buttocks
Along with fellow recruit Michael Aboud, the chair of the El Paso county Republican party, Loudermilk joins Morad on a mission to stop the birth on US soil of the baby of a fictional South American drugs kinpin.
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Loudermilk → join → kinpin
This involves abducting a woman apparently in labour, abandoning her in a deserted medical facility, kidnapping her newborn child (a lifelike prosthetic) and driving it in a zipped bag to the border in order to deliver it by drone to Mexico.
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This → involve → Mexico
Aboud is shown taking the decision to drop the child from a great height into Mexico rather than have it touch US soil.
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it → show → soil
He has since called Cohen a “liar” and a “pervert” and expressed his intention to sue.
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He → call → intention
The film repeatedly stresses that both men were “not in on it”.
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men → stress → it
Loudermilk has told the Guardian he was surprised the production company did not notice social media updates he posted shortly after the shoot in which he named Cohen and expressed his excitement about the project.
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he → tell → project
But rather than being upset about his involvement, Loudermilk – who recently appeared as Squire Dap in the North Carolina Town of Hudson Fall Dinner Theatre’s production of Camelot – says he welcomes the publicity boost.
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he → upset → boost
“I want to use this to my benefit,” he says.
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he → want → benefit
“I would hope Sacha would read this and laugh, like: ‘Hey, you got me!’
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you → hope → me
I had so much fun creating that character.
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I → have → character
I was trying to see if I was any good at acting in comedy.
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I → try → comedy
And I realised: ‘Oh, I think I’m good at this.’
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I → realise → this
And that’s what I wanna do for the rest of my life.”
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I → ’ → life
His experience began in September 2025 when Loudermilk spotted a post on Craigslist by a body called the American Citizen Initiative (whose website is no longer active) recruiting “patriotic legal Americans” “concerned about the border crisis” who “believe that illegal immigration is out of control”.
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immigration → begin → control
The ad, one of dozens posted across US states simultaneously, invited “real American citizens” to “attend an exclusive, hands-on event experience where you’ll learn the truth about what’s happening on the border and how you can make a difference”.
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you → post → difference
Attendees were promised $300 as well as travel expenses.
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Attendees → promise → 300
“I was like: this seems kind of weird,” says Loudermilk, who describes himself as broadly apolitical.
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who → seem → himself
“I don’t really care much about our borders.
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I → care → borders
My mom’s from Ireland.”
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mom → ’ → Ireland
Recently made redundant, his motivation for responding was primarily financial.
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motivation → make → ?
“I know rightwing and leftwing organisations have money and will pay people to just hold a sign up.
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organisations → know → sign
I remember thinking: I wanna get on that gravy train.
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I → think → train
I want some George Soros money.
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I → want → money
I’ll pretend to be whatever.
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I → pretend → ?
Just let me feed my family.
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me → let → family
It could have been save the whales and I would have done it.”
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I → save → it
In his application, Loudermilk fabricated hard-right views, mentioned that he had been a preacher and neglected to declare his ambitions to become a comedy actor – in part, he says, out of embarrassment.
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he → fabricate → embarrassment
He then filled in a “silly questionnaire – very obvious, very slanted to the right”.
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He → fill → right
Loudermilk was then called for a video interview, which involved the identification of left-leaning celebrities, as well as figures including Borat, Cohen’s bumbling Kazakh reporter, who Loudermilk duly named.
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Loudermilk → call → who
He was also asked if he was a Trump supporter.
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he → ask → ?
He’s just a leader.
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He → ’ → ?
But I was like: I’m going to be an improv actor so I said: ‘Yeah, I support Trump!’
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I → go → Trump
Next thing I know they’re like, ‘We want you to come out to be a part of this.
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you → know → this
The company flew him to Ontario, California, with an initial offer of $1,000, plus food and expenses, on top of which Loudermilk received a further $700.
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Loudermilk → fly → 700
They frisked me down and I got in a truck to go to a karate studio.”
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I → frisk → studio
Once he arrived, Loudermilk was greeted by security and informed an Israeli commander wanted to meet him.
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commander → arrive → him
I go in there and immediately I see this really tall guy with this horrible plastic surgery.
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I → go → surgery
…and 62 more, not listed.
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