Sacha Baron Cohen’s Dictator Addresses His Ridiculous Oscar ‘Ban’
And, inevitably, here’s Sacha Baron Cohen’s in-character response to his Oscar “ban” (if we’re willing to define the word “ban” to mean “being politely asked not to show up on the red carpet in despot drag to proposition Angelina Jolie in an Wadiyan accent while swatting her with a riding crop”). God bless him for giving us something, no matter how absurd, to talk about besides how many backflips Jean Dujardin will have Uggie execute upon winning their fifth Oscar. Here’s hoping he ignores the no-fun rule and causes a scene so outrageous and uncomfortable that he attempts to ride off the red carpet on Jonah Hill’s back as security gives chase.
[UPDATE: The Academy has given in and will allow in-costume shenanigans. How weird that they decided extra publicity might be a good thing! But they played this totally wrong. They obviously should have staged a red carpet “crash” and surfed the buzz-waves of speculation about whether or not they were in on the stunt for days. Oh, well, back to talking about Uggie stunts on Monday.]
[h/t E!]
Filed Under: Oscars, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Artist, The Dictator, Viral Video of the Day
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