Rudy Giuliani uploaded racist video to YouTube in which he's seen mocking an Asian accent

He even performed mocking bows.
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Tim Marcin
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Rudy Giuliani, cybersecurity expert extraordinaire, accidentally uploaded a video to his YouTube channel where he did a racist impression of Asian accents.

Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, interviewed former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer for Giuliani's podcast titled Common Sense on Tuesday. But, as the Daily Beast first spotted, Giuliani's team uploaded an extended video cut of the interview to YouTube. That video included a moment where Spicer was seen logging off, then Giuliani was seen talking with folks off camera. The video has since been set to private.

For some reason, during those conversations Giuliani told an assistant — seemingly a woman named Jayne Zirkle — that she was going to be "the most famous model in China."


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"Ah, get me Jayne Zirkle. Jayne Zirkle!" Giuliani said in the video, in an accent seemingly aimed at mocking Asians. People laughed offscreen.

As the conversation turned to a dinner order, Giuliani muttered that "Jayne Zirkle pick up" in the accent.

"I want Jayne Zirkle...picture Jayne Zirkle, that's all. No one but Jayne Zirkle," Giuliani then said to no one in particular, while still using the accent.

Giuliani even went on to do a few mocking bows, saying "Jayne Zirkle" in the accent repeatedly.

Giuliani did not immediately respond to the Daily Beast or Mashable's request for comment.

The president's 76-year-old attorney has had more than one slip-up with tech. He once butt-dialed an NBC reporter and left a long voicemail by accident, where he talked about needing cash. Shortly after he was named Trump's cybersecurity adviser in 2017, he had to go to an Apple store to have his phone unlocked. He had entered an incorrect passcode at least 10 times and locked himself out.

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).

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