BELGRADE: Serbia’s prime minister, who was flashed by a model without underwear masquerading as a television interviewer, has launched an investigation into how he became the target of the prank, an aide said on Thursday.
The video of Ivica Dacic being interviewed by a brunette former model from Croatian Playboy, who uncrosses her legs in a scene reminiscent of
Actress Sharon Stone in the film Basic Instinct, has been viewed 2.7 million times on YouTube.
“The whole case will be fully investigated,” Dacic’s National Security Adviser, Ivica Toncev, was quoted as telling the Serbian daily Blic. “This was Serbia being mocked, not the prime minister. The prime minister’s office will not let this go unpunished,” he said.
The episode, set-up and filmed by a private Serbian production company, was not aired and the trailer for its prank television show Nemoguca Misija (Mission Impossible) was removed from its website.
The interviewer, who wore a low-cut, short silky dress for the encounter, said Dacic was a ‘real man’. “I have only good words for the prime minister,” Blic quoted 35-year-old Branka Knezevic as saying. Serbs were divided over the clip which commentators said reflected the dubious mix of politics and low-brow pop culture in Serbia. — Reuters
The video of Ivica Dacic being interviewed by a brunette former model from Croatian Playboy, who uncrosses her legs in a scene reminiscent of
Actress Sharon Stone in the film Basic Instinct, has been viewed 2.7 million times on YouTube.
“The whole case will be fully investigated,” Dacic’s National Security Adviser, Ivica Toncev, was quoted as telling the Serbian daily Blic. “This was Serbia being mocked, not the prime minister. The prime minister’s office will not let this go unpunished,” he said.
The episode, set-up and filmed by a private Serbian production company, was not aired and the trailer for its prank television show Nemoguca Misija (Mission Impossible) was removed from its website.
The interviewer, who wore a low-cut, short silky dress for the encounter, said Dacic was a ‘real man’. “I have only good words for the prime minister,” Blic quoted 35-year-old Branka Knezevic as saying. Serbs were divided over the clip which commentators said reflected the dubious mix of politics and low-brow pop culture in Serbia. — Reuters
