Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen is deemed too offensive for Oscars night

Dropped: Sacha Baron Cohen won't be presenting an Oscar. Right, as Borat

Sacha Baron Cohen has been dropped as a presenter at the Oscars, allegedly over fears he may drive Avatar director James Cameron to storm out of the ceremony.

The Borat star, who had been invited to introduce one of the awards, planned to poke fun at the film by dressing up as one of its characters - a blue-skinned, female Na'vi - and revealing to the audience that 'she' was pregnant with Cameron's love child.

But sources say that fears over Cameron's reaction led show producer Bill Mechanic to axe the sketch and order Baron Cohen, 38, to be dumped from his first ever Oscars appearance.

'Let's just say that Cameron isn't known to be, shall we say, "self-deprecating",' said a show insider.

As an Oscar nominee, Cameron, 55, will be sitting in the front row of Hollywood's Kodak Theatre during the show this weekend.

Baron Cohen's spokesman Matt Labov confirmed that the Ali G actor was no longer part of the Oscars.

‘I hate to use the term, because it's so ubiquitous, but there were “creative differences”,’ he said.

‘Nothing acrimonious, but both sides felt that since they couldn't agree, [Cohen] might as well remain in London.’


Oscar: James Cameron is up for an award while Avatar has been nominated for nine. Baron Cohen was going to dress as Na'vi, right


Avatar is the most successful film of all time, with more than $1.1billion in box office receipts.

The blockbuster is nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture. Cameron’s toughest competition is from The Hurt Locker, which is directed by his ex-wife Katherine Bigelow.

Baron Cohen is known in Hollywood for his zany antics at awards ceremony and became a huge star thanks to the success of the comedy ‘Borat’.

Last year during an MTV video music awards ceremony he dressed up as his alter ego, gay fashion presenter Bruno, and was lowered on to the face of rap singer Eminem.

While the audience laughed at the incident Eminem stormed out of the show only for the singer to reveal it had been a pre-planned stunt.


source: dailymail