The Internet Has Spoken: Scott Morrison's "Borat" Reference Was Not "Very Nice"

Scott Morrison tried to work in a Borat reference in parliament. It was not "very nice."

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has caused an international stir after an incident in parliament this week.

But it wasn't anything to do with new policies or the recently announced 2019 to 2020 budget.

No, it was far worse.

He attempted to work in a reference to the 2006 Sacha Baron Cohen movie Borat.

While speaking about Labor's proposal to introduce carbon credits for Australia's biggest polluters, Morrison thought this would be an opportune time to test out his new material... based on a 13-year-old movie.

Morrison suggested that companies could just buy credits from Kazakhstan and that this would be more of a "Borat tax". Cue the shocking impression of Borat.

While he got a hardy ha ha from those in parliament, on the internet (where the verdict is infinitely more important), his jokes did not land. Many pointed out his mispronunciation of the title and the fact that the reference was already a huge stretch.

boss tries to be cool by attempting to imitate borat pic.twitter.com/tA6Cj0YrGc

— Jennine Khalik (@jennineak) April 3, 2019

Our Prime Minister is making 13-year-old Borat impressions in our parliament... The funniest thing about it was that he pronounced Borat incorrectly.

Someone save us from this mess #AusPol pic.twitter.com/ouTrV4HewD

— Tim Miller (@Warbz) April 3, 2019

This is not Scott Morrison's first serious offence in attempting to connect with the youth.

Last year, the PM landed himself in some fairly hot water over an AusPol meme posted to his social media account. A 10-second clip of parliament was shown with Fatman Scoop's timeless banger "Be Faithful" played in the background.

While not in the clip, the rest of the song features lyrics that include:

To all my n***** that they hit it from the back
Who want to have sex with no strings attached

And, of course:

Who f*****' tonight? Who f*****' tonight?
Who f*****' tonight? Oh! Oh! Who f*****' tonight?
Who f*****' tonight? Who f*****' tonight? Oh! Oh!

Morrison later removed the meme and apologised for using a song containing those lyrics.

Despite his efforts to create juicy memes and win over the yoof, Morrison, himself, has become the meme.

Header Image: 20th Century Fox / Commonwealth of Australia