Sacha Baron Cohen Is Banned From The Oscars If He Shows Up As The Dictator

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By Nads | Thursday, February 23, 2012 | 4:31 am | 16 Comments
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Earlier yesterday The Academy pulled Sacha Baron Cohen’s ticket to the Oscars because he threatened to show up in character as The Dictator…but after some bad press, The Academy reinstated his ticket under one stipulation…he has to show up as himself, not in costume.

How ridiculous is this whole thing? I can’t believe they took his ticket away, what are they trying to do, put him in detention? Every other celebrity gets to walk on the red carpet promoting all their projects, but because Sacha wants to show up in costume (I’m sure riding a camel), they’re going to ban him? The Academy needs to loosen up and stop acting so stuffy! I think Sacha should crash the event and make a scene to show the Academy who wears the pants in the relationship.

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16 Comments

  1. 1
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 5:32 am

    Well it would serve the Academy right if he did show up in character–and on a camel. Sad for the red carpet, though.

  2. 2
    lindaw205
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 5:43 am

    Too bad, maybe people (even me!) would start watching the Oscars again if they would get that stick out of their ass. They really are too full of themselves.

  3. 3
    merry
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 6:20 am

    How did he score a ticket in the first place? It’s a night about excellence in acting, not excellence in being a loud, irritating, shameless self-promoter. Let’s leave the spotlight to the people whose work got them an actual nomination, shall we, and let the jealous attention whore stay home.

  4. 4
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 7:18 am

    The 503 Error is wearing the pants in the TVgasm relationship. I am going to guru someone’s meditation if it doesn’t beat it.

  5. 5
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 7:22 am

    BWHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!! @ gypsy.

    I always see that guru meditation message and think “what the hell is Flipit meditating about” Then I remember that he recaps RHOBH and it all makes sense.

  6. 6
    Mister_Dangerous
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 7:31 am

    I agree with MERRY. He had one hit. He’s a has-been and he’s washed up. The Academy should give him a ticket FOR THE NEXT Golden Globes OR The People’s Choice Awards.

  7. 7
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 7:38 am

    @Classy, I can so picture Flipit meditating over the 503 error then getting pissed and saying he wants some Little Caesaar’s. So we get the damn 503 error!

    Flove ya, guru Flip!

  8. 8
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 3:54 pm

    What’s funny about all this is no matter what they do, he’ll get what he wants in the end. They let him do it, and he gets to advertise on the red carpet. They don’t let him do it, and the story will be all the advertisement that he needs. I bet he didn’t even really want to go to that boring-ass event anyway.
    Well played, sir. Well played.

  9. 9
    AntSuck
    Posted February 23, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    Sacha Baron Cohen should be banned from everything. Ever.

  10. 10
    Kammie
    Posted February 24, 2012 at 4:22 am

    My favorite red carpet walk will always be Trey Parker and Matt Stone in 2000. I’m sure the academy was pissed at that, too. What a bunch of stick-in-the-muds!

  11. 11
    RazzBeth
    Posted February 24, 2012 at 4:57 am

    Um, who is Sacha Baron Cohen again?

  12. 12
    thatdariamom1332
    Posted February 24, 2012 at 8:57 am

    Hey Nads: here is the General’s response to being banned via Huffington Post:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/sacha-baron-cohens-dictator-oscars_n_1298895.html?ref=entertainment

  13. 13
    kthxbai
    Posted February 24, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    @chaosbutterfly LOL That’s what I was thinking!

    I’ve got such a suspicious mind I was even wondering if getting banned might be his idea in the 1st place!

  14. 14
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted February 25, 2012 at 10:14 am

    @merry He’s in the movie Hugo, which has been nominated for, I think 11 awards.

  15. 15
    snowshoecat snowshoecat
    Posted February 25, 2012 at 11:25 am

    Merry, “It’s a night about excellence in acting, not excellence in being a loud, irritating, shameless self-promoter” well, you just described most celebs in and out of Ho’Wood. And those are often the ones who win– rather than the ones with the excellence.

    Politics.

  16. 16
    JudgyWudgy
    Posted February 25, 2012 at 11:30 am

    What? First the academy is stuffy for NOT wanting a shameless promoter in order to honor those with excellence, and now it’s the promoters that always win? Good grief. Some people just gotta flap their lips to feel the breeze.

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