Sacha Baron Cohen built a career for himself through taboo-breaking satire, but reprising his role as Borat amid the 2020 presidential election led to one especially nerve-wracking experience.

The actor and comedian appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday to chat about his latest project, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm . Now streaming on Amazon Prime, the well-received sequel to 2006s Borat finds Cohen as the titular Kazakh TV journalist returning to the U.S. with 15-year-old daughter Tutar (Maria Bakalova), hoping to offer her to Vice President Mike Pence .

One segment in the movie shows Cohen attending the Conservative Political Action Conference disguised as President Donald Trump . Transforming into the president, he said, required him to wear prosthetics and a fat suit. Getting past security, however, presented a different set of challenges.

I got into a different disguise, the actor and comedian told DeGeneres. I did Trumps hair differently, got past the CPAC security. ... The [Transportation Security Administration] were kind of wanding me ... and it beeped.

I was terrified, obviously, he continued. The moment they touch my body, its a fat suit. So I wouldnt have been allowed in.

After some quick thinking, Cohen told the security guard it was a pacemaker only to have the wand beep a second time when it got to his lower abdomen.

[The guard] said, Well, whats that? And I didnt know what to say, Cohen said. And he said, Well, hold on, its the wire to the pacemaker, yeah? And I go, Yeah, yeah, of course. And he let me in.

Released last month, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm has received mostly positive reviews . Its also generated early awards buzz for Cohen, whose credits include The Spy and the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misrables.

One person whos apparently not a fan, however, is Trump himself. When asked about Cohen, the president reportedly said , Thats a phony guy and I dont find him funny. To me, hes a creep.

Watch a clip from Sacha Baron Cohens Ellen DeGeneres Show interview below.