Perhaps "victim" is a harsh word for the people who are tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen when he's interviewing them as his alter-ego, Bruno, but 'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul seemed to feel traumatized. At least a little.

It is the most interesting, whacked-out situation that happened to me.
I was scarred for life for a year. A year ago, my publicist said I'd
won 'Artist of the Year' in Germany. And I said, 'Really? That's
interesting. Okay ...

'And [Bruno] says, 'Sorry there's no furniture.' And he snaps his
fingers and says 'Gardeners!' And these two Mexican guys come in, and
they drop down to all fours... They
drop down to all fours and he says [to me], 'Sit down.' And I said, 'I'm not doing that.'

And I'm in a dress, so I'm tipping and holding my core
muscles to not sit on them. And he pushes me down on them, and I'm
like, 'I'm sorry. And these two gardeners ... Mexican gardeners don't
speak a word of English, and I'm like patting them and I'm like, 'I'm
so sorry.' And he kicked one of them, and we all fall."

This is an abbreviated version of Paula's experience, but you can read the whole thing here. 

Question: if you went to an interview and were told to sit on people, would you do it? I know the immediate response is "no," but think about it. Would you?

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