This year the Academy banned rabble-rousing comedian Sacha Baron Cohen from attending the Oscars ceremony, concerned he might interrupt proceedings. Their concerns were vindicated after this amusing interaction between Cohen, in character from his latest film The Dictator, spilt what he claimed to be Kim Jong-il’s ashes over entertainment reporter Ryan Seacrest.
Sacha Baron Cohen spills Kim Jong-il’s ‘ashes’
This year the Academy banned rabble-rousing comedian Sacha Baron Cohen from attending the Oscars ceremony, concerned he might interrupt proceedings. Their concerns were vindicated after this amusing interaction between Cohen, in character from his latest film The Dictator, spilt what he claimed to be Kim Jong-il’s ashes over entertainment reporter Ryan Seacrest.
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