Sarah Palin: Sacha Baron Cohen 'Duped' Me Into Interview

Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and one-time vice presidential candidate, says she was duped by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen into an interview for a new series premiering on Showtime Sunday.

"I join a long list of American public personalities who have fallen victim to the evil, exploitive, sick 'humor' of the British 'comedian' Sacha Baron Cohen, enabled and sponsored by CBS/Showtime," Palin wrote on Facebook.

In the post, she suggests she was presented with a "legit opportunity" to honor American veterans and contribute to a "legit Showtime historical documentary." Palin wrote that the request was made to her via a speakers bureau.

Cohen recently released a short teaser promoting the new series. In the video, a man who is not shown on camera but is presumably Cohen, asks former Vice President Dick Cheney to sign his "waterboard kit."

"Dick Cheney, is it possible to sign my waterboard kit?" Cohen asks.

"Sure," says Cheney, before signing the "waterboard kit."

"That's a first, that's the first time I've ever signed a waterboard," Cheney says as the video ends.

Showtime later released a longer trailer promoting the new series, "Who Is America?," which premieres July 15 at 10 p.m. eastern.

Palin said both she and her daughter traveled across the country for the "legit opportunity" and were interviewed by a man who she presumed was Cohen. She claims Cohen was heavily disguised as a disabled American veteran in a wheelchair.

She wrote that she sat through a long interview "full of Hollywoodism's disrespect and sarcasm" but pulled off her mic and walked out when she had had enough.

"The disrespect of our US military and middle-class Americans via Cohen’s foreign commentaries under the guise of interview questions was perverse," she wrote.

In her post, Palin issued a challenge to Cohen, Showtime and its parent company CBS to air the footage but donate all proceeds to a charitable group that supports American veterans.

Palin's post accompanied a screenshot of a tweet posted by The Drudge Report that was warning politicians not to fall for Cohen's "tricks." (You can see the full post below.)

After Palin's post, Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman who is now a conservative talk show host, said in a tweet that he "totally" believes Palin's version of events. He said that he too was tricked into giving an interview. Walsh said he was apparently duped into the interview before being honored at a pro-Israel dinner. He accompanied his tweets with the hashtag "#BoycottShowtime." (You can see the tweets below)

Palin also claims that the production team purposely dropped off her and her daughter at the wrong Washington D.C. airport knowing they would miss their flight back to Alaska.

Below are Walsh's tweets explaining what happened to him.

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