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Bruno -- Based on a Real Gay Austrian?!

Posted Jun 18th 2009 9:33AM by TMZ Staff

The Austrian media is going crazy over the new movie "Bruno" -- claiming Sacha Baron Cohen based his fake flamboyant Austrian TV host ... on a real life flamboyant Austrian TV host.

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The dude caught in the middle is Alfons Haider -- he's proud to be gay, he's into fashion, and (just like Bruno) he's also been known to compare himself to Zac Efron.

Want more evidence? -- Alfons is the highest-paid presenter on Austrian state broadcaster ORF. In the film, Bruno works for a channel called OJRF. Coincidence?

The controversy has been raging in Austria for a while, but Haider just told The Telegraph newspaper, "I never understood the comparison to myself at all. The only comparisons I can think of is that I'm Austrian, I'm gay, and I work for television, but the rest is completely fiction."

Anyone really buyin' that?

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Tags: alfonse haider, AlfonseHaider, austria, bruno, sacha baron cohen, SachaBaronCohen

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1. first...... love you guys out there

Posted at 10:36AM on Jun 18th 2009 by almost sick of tmz

2. I think everyone is tired of Sacha Baron Cohen. No one finds him funny, everyone thinks he's an idiot. The movie is going to bomb, without a doubt. Please stop your coverage of this idiot, nothing he does or says is even remotely amusing.

Posted at 10:37AM on Jun 18th 2009 by ugh

3. You forgot to add a button for "Who cares!"

Posted at 10:45AM on Jun 18th 2009 by CBPA

4. I'm already tired of him... it's old and getting older.

Posted at 10:45AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Bob

5. Hate Sasha Baron Cohen, but dammit why are all the HOT ones gay??? the real austrian bruno is freakin' HOT!!!!!

Posted at 12:58PM on Jun 18th 2009 by SaturnGirl

6. This is just so stupid. I am Austrian, living in the US - he is not funny, no Austrian I know really cares...

Posted at 11:06AM on Jun 18th 2009 by austrianperson

7. Enough with the gay stories! What is this, Perez Hilton??!! Does anybody know of a site that does not focus on gay agenda's all the time?? This movie will bomb, people are sick of this ignorant humor! Hollywood makes crap and it's not funny!

Posted at 11:14AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Patty Peppermint

8. Sacha Baron Cohen is freakin hilarious. Why can't we have more intelligent comedians? College isn't a disease, Hollywood.

Posted at 4:32PM on Jun 18th 2009 by gh_

9. SBC's characters were on British TV for a long time, I'm sure he got ideas from a lot of different people and rolled it all into one character. Ali-G was by far his best!!!

Posted at 11:19AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Nshado

10. Actually, Bruno was a character from Cohens original show in europe, long before this austrian guy was even mainstream. And secondly, lighten up people, and laugh.

Posted at 11:23AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Preston

11. I HATE THAT COHEN. HE IS NOT FUNNY AND HE MAKE ME WANT HURL. PLEASE STOP WITH ALL THE STUFF ON HIM.

Posted at 2:18PM on Jun 18th 2009 by sourpus

12. Remember what happened with Bruno? I would totally buy this story if it turned out to be real!

Posted at 11:34AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Misquire

13. that man is so annoying, IMO, he isn't even funny.

Posted at 11:42AM on Jun 18th 2009 by bobcat25

14. Honestly, I do not see the real interest in this fool, Sacha Baron Cohen but it just goes to show the public that the more of an idiot you can act, the greater the attention. Hasn't this guy gotten his 15-minutes of fame?

Posted at 1:06AM on Jun 19th 2009 by Diane Cropper

15. BORING. Get a new gimmick!!!!!

Posted at 11:43AM on Jun 18th 2009 by Roger C.

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