It’s time to pour out some ice-cold 40 for our dead homiez Ali G and Borat. According to Hollywoodrag.com, their creator Sasha Baron Cohen has decided to off the characters because they’ve become too popular.

He said: “When I was being Ali G and Borat I was in character sometimes 14 hours a day, and I came to love them. So admitting I am never going to play them again is quite a sad thing. It’s like saying goodbye to a loved one.

“It is hard, and the problem with success, although it’s fantastic, is that every new person who sees the ‘Borat.’ movie is one less person I ‘get’ with Borat again. So it’s kind of self-defeating form really.

“It’s upsetting, but the success has been great and better than anything I could have dreamed of.”

I guess it’s hard to make Borat II if everyone is yelling “NICE!” into the camera. Well, people in Africa don’t seem to have TVs (or food, or pants) so maybe Cohen should take Borat to the dark continent. I can imagine it now:

Borat: “If you see a Jew, you grab him by the horns.”

African: “Please give me some water.”

As you can see, this would be a can’t miss comedy for the ages.

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