Ali G answers his critics: ‘Me ain’t the first intellectual to get haterz’

The Guardian UK Sunday 18 October 2026, 09:00 UTC By Rich Pelley 1 min read

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Staines’s finest nailed the zeitgeist of the late 90s and early 00s, and now he’s back – but how does he fit into 2026? He discusses the backlash against his return, his worst ever interviewee and how he’s going to prevent world war two“Can you tell people that you’re from Hustler?” Speaking to a Guardian journalist ain’t a good look for me in the hood.”At

“Can you tell people that you’re from Hustler?” Ali G asks me. “Or The Source. Or Guns & Ammo. Speaking to a Guardian journalist ain’t a good look for me in the hood.”

At Ali’s request, we are meeting in an independent chicken shop in Staines because – due to some sort of mix-up – he thought the one interview he had agreed to for his new film was Chicken Shop Date, which was “90% likely to lead to boning”. He follows this with an entirely unprintable reminiscence about the first time he and “me Julie” had sex in the disabled toilets of Egham KFC.

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