And a source tells PEOPLE that the former Alaska governor, 54, walked out of the prank interview after the disguised Cohen asked her a “horrible” question aboutChelsea Clinton.
The interview, which taped in November 2017, was booked through a speaker’s bureau that was working with the former Republican vice-presidential candidate at the time. “The request was very sophisticated and looked legit,” the source says.
“All of it was obnoxious, but I think the last straw was when the interviewer asked about what he claimed was a government-funded sex-change operation for Chelsea Clinton,” the source says. “Cohen was trying to get Governor Palin to say something homophobic and hateful. She takes it personally when anyone goes after the children and families of politicians. She just thought, ‘What a horrible thing.’ She was particularly incensed about that.”
Larry Busacca/Getty; Jason Merritt/Getty
Palin previously shared that she and her daughter were asked to travel across the country for the interview, where she claimed Cohen had “heavily disguised himself as a disabled US Veteran, fake wheelchair and all.”
The source explains Palin and 17-year-old daughter Piper arrived at the specified Washington D.C. location, where Piper was taken to a separate trailer while her mom was interviewed. “For an hour and a half, they wouldn’t let her go,” the source says.
All these months since, Palin had no idea who was behind the prank.
“We had our suspicions, but they did a very good job of setting it all up,” the source shares.
A representative for Cohen declined to comment.
Patrick Semansky/AP
Chelsea Clinton with father, former president Bill and mother, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary
On Monday,The Hillreported thatDrudge Report chief Matt Drudge tweeteda warning about Cohen’s antics on Monday, a day after the comedianreleased a trailerthat appeared to show former Vice President Dick Cheney signing a “waterboard kit.”
source: people.com
