Noel Gallagher has been mocked by Ali G in a new video, with Sacha Baron Cohen‘s character taking aim at the Oasis reunion in front of a cinema audience.
The video was shared on social media yesterday (October 24) to promote Cohen’s new film Ali G: Who Iz I?, which arrived in cinemas a day earlier.
In the clip, Ali G enters a packed cinema screening and singles out Gallagher, pretending not to recognise him.
He suggests that the musician looks like “one of them Oasis twins”, before making him stand up in front of the audience.
“It’s Nigel Gallagher, innit?” he says, going on to describe him as a “50-year-old white man trying to make a comeback after 20 years, so sad”.
Elsewhere in the clip, Ali G offers to sell selfies, ganja and “a handjob from me Julie” to members of the cinema audience, while the Instagram post was accompanied by the caption: “not even Nole Gallagher could get a seat to see me movie”.
Watch the exchange below:
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The meeting comes more than a decade after Gallagher made a joke about Cohen’s character while discussing why he sent his children to private school.
“My kids go to private school because I don’t want them coming home talking like Ali G,” he said in 2015.
The new film marks Cohen’s return to the character, who first appeared on Channel 4’s The 11 O’Clock Show in 1998 before becoming the star of Da Ali G Show and the 2002 comedy Ali G Indahouse.
Ali G: Who Iz I? follows the aspiring Staines-based rapper as he discovers that his longtime girlfriend Julie is pregnant, prompting him to travel to America in an attempt to reclaim his former fame.
Cohen has faced criticism for reviving the character, with some campaigners arguing that Ali G perpetuates racial stereotypes.
Earlier this week, the comedian defended the decision to bring him back, writing: “The fact that Ali G is outdated and problematic is the very reason I resurrected him.”
Gallagher, meanwhile, also appeared on the final series of Chicken Shop Date this week, joining Amelia Dimoldenberg to discuss the Oasis reunion, working with his brother Liam and the band’s future.
Asked how long someone should wait before reviving something that had previously ended, he replied “16 years”, referencing the gap between Oasis’ split in 2009 and their reunion last year.
The epic Oasis comeback has also been documented in Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger, which arrived in cinemas last month and is now available to stream on Disney+.
In a four-and-a-half-star review, NME described the documentary as “masterfully done, with moments of irreverence and intense passion burning throughout”.
Oasis are now preparing to return to the road for their sold-out ‘Live ’27’ tour, featuring 42 dates across the UK, Europe and North America, including 11 nights at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium and six at Knebworth.
