Bruno Football Team Pic Roils Officials

Comedian's Gay Fashionista Character In Pads And Red Shorts Alongside High School Players

(AP)  The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players.

Los Angeles Superintendent Ramon Cortines isn't amused by the GQ magazine photos shot at Birmingham High School that feature the "Borat" star in his new incarnation as gay Austrian fashionista "Bruno."

The GQ cover story features pictures of Cohen wearing shoulder pads, tight red shorts, an athletic cup and little else as he poses with football players at the school in the San Fernando Valley.

Cortines says the district has "allowed our students to be used."

Local district superintendent Jean Brown said she's trying to determine who was responsible.

[dartplayer501]

Don't like anything that Cohen has ever done, but this is funny. When I saw Birmingham I figured it must be AL reacting this way - but L.A.??? - whoulda thunk?

[dnamj]

Hahaha! Priceless. Tell you what, the parents and administrators who are freaking out in all their homophobia don't understand that to the kids, this is awesome. They like Cohen, and really don't hate gay people like the earlier generations have. I'd say this officially makes Cohen a political genius.