Author Claims Daily Wire Tricked Her Into Being in Borat-Style Mockumentary: ‘They Offered Me Between $10–20,000’

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White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo issued a statement on Thursday after she was tricked by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh into paying “reparations” to a producer as part of a Borat -style mockumentary movie titled Am I Racist?

In a statement posted to her website, DiAngelo wrote:

Back in 2023, I was contacted by a group who claimed to be making a documentary film called Shades of Justice , about efforts to address racism in the United States. They planned to interview anti-racist activists, authors and thought leaders in service of supporting the cause of racial equity. They offered me between $10-20,000 for an interview. I said let’s meet in the middle with $15,000 and agreed to participate (I have since donated that sum to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund).

When I arrived for the interview, a few things felt off. The grips would not make eye contact with me and the interviewer, who was introduced as “Matt,” appeared to be wearing an ill-fitting wig. Matt presented himself as someone new to antiracist work and seemed earnest, and his questions did not come across as adversarial. By the end, however, things got weird.

DiAngelo explained that after Walsh brought up “reparations for Black Americans,” he invited her to give his Black producer Ben some cash.

“He said that if I believed in reparations, I should also give Ben cash,” DiAngelo explained, adding that while she was uncomfortable about the whole situation, she proceeded to take some cash out of her wallet and hand it to the producer.

DiAngelo claimed that shortly after the interview had ended, she realized she had been tricked into taking part in “a Borat-style mockumentary titled Am I Racist? ” which was “designed to humiliate and discredit anti-racist educators and activists.”

The author concluded, “This experience has reinforced for me how critically important it is to do in-depth background research before making yourself vulnerable to people you don’t know, or believing and sharing what you see online. They will not prevail in their efforts to stop the work for racial justice.”

Walsh responded to DiAngelo’s statement in a social media post on Thursday evening, writing that she was “correct” in her assessment of the movie.

“She claims that the movie is ‘designed to humiliate and discredit anti-racist educators and activists.’ She couldn’t be more correct in that assessment. Thank you, Robin!” wrote Walsh.

In another post, the Daily Wire host also questioned why DiAngelo proceeded with the interview if she could spot his “ill fitting wig.”

“My favorite part of this wonderful statement is that she says she noticed my ‘ill fitting wig’ when she first sat down with me,” he wrote . “And yet for some reason she still did the interview.”