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Unemployed Christian Grandmother Paid Only $3,600 To Unwittingly Star In ‘Borat’ Sequel. Pastor Sets Up Skyrocketing GoFundMe For Her.

Jon Brown
Unemployed Christian Grandmother Paid Only $3,600 To Unwittingly Star In ‘Borat’ Sequel. Pastor Sets Up Skyrocketing GoFundMe For Her.
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The woman who was deceived into being one of the characters in Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest “Borat” film got only $3,600 out of it, after which her pastor set up a GoFundMe to support her.

Jeanise Jones, 62, was chosen by the makers of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” after they came to her church in Oklahoma City under the pretense of seeking “elderly black women” for a documentary, Jones told Variety in an interview published Wednesday.

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