The Republican state representative who dropped his pants and made a highly offensive racial slur while appearing on an episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's Showtime series "Who is America?" has announced his resignation.
Georgia state lawmaker Jason Spencer quit on Wednesday, effective July 31, in a letter submitted to Georgia House Speaker David Ralston after appearing in the segment alongside the comedian.
Borat and Bruno star Baron Cohen posed as Colonel Erran Morad - a former Israeli Mossad agent and counter-terrorism expert - when he convinced Mr Spencer, a gun-rights advocate, to take part in what was said to be an anti-terrorist training video.
On camera, Baron Cohen then convinced the seemingly oblivious US legislator to drop his pants and charge backwards by telling him Islamic State militants are intimidated by bare buttocks.
"In America, there is one forbidden word," Baron Cohen goes on to tell Mr Spencer during the segment.
Jason Spencer dropped his pants and yelled a racial slur during the segment with Sacha Baron Cohen. Source: Showtime
"It is the 'n-word.'"
Mr Spencer then yells the racial slur out.
The pranked lawmaker was slammed after the segment surfaced, with Speaker Ralston calling his language "reprehensible"
Georgia's Governor Nathan Deal also called on Mr Spencer to quit.
Following the criticism, Mr Spencer said he agreed to appear on the episode after the network played on fears that his family would be attacked.
"In posing as an Israeli agent, (Cohen) pretended to offer self-defence exercises. As uncomfortable as I was to participate, I agreed to, understanding that these 'techniques' were meant to help me and others fend off what I believed was an inevitable attack," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He's not the first politician fooled by the Borat star, who has so far convinced former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Democrat Bernie Sanders to appear on Who is America?
