Sacha admits he had a pretty high ambition for the interview (Picture: Getty Images)

Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed he sought the help of a professional interrogator before interviewing OJ Simpson for the final episode of his show Who Is America?

The actor and comedian posed as a wealthy Italian billionaire interested in going into business with OJ, but used to opportunity to try and weedle out a murder confession from the former American football star.

‘I had an absurdly ambitious aim. I did try. So I trained up with an FBI interrogator,’ the 47-year-old told The Hollywood Reporter.

‘Again, this is reaching too high, but I thought, “Let me try it,” because it was hidden camera — if he’s ever going to admit it, it would be in a hotel room where he thinks he’s going to earn a lot of money.




‘I trained with supposedly the greatest FBI interrogator, and eventually he goes, “Who’s this for?” And I go, “It’s for OJ” And he goes, “That’s going to be tough”.’

We could’ve told you that Sacha.

While the actor didn’t reveal the techniques the FBI agent taught him, he did say: ‘The FBI have a way with people who are finding it hard to confess.

‘There was a sequence that I memorised.’

What a terrifying thought.

Unsurprisingly, OJ didn’t fall for the scheme and laughed off every attempt to mention murder.

Sacha is a master of disguise, but not as good at interrogation (Picture: Getty Images)

The 71-year-old was found not guilty and acquitted of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1995, though a 2016 poll showed most Americans believed OJ did actually commit the crime.

Kris Jenner was a close friend of Nicole’s, though her ex-husband – and father to Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian – Robert Kardashian was a lawyer on OJ’s defence team.

OJ recently denied ever having any sexual relationship with Kris and even went as far to quash rumours that Khloe was her daughter.

He said: ‘I’m proud of her, but she’s not mine.’

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