Sacha Baron Cohen spills fake Kim Jong-il ashes on Ryan Seacrest at Oscars red carpet

The moment that everyone’s talking about from Sunday (February 26) night’s Academy Awards is not what happened inside Los Angeles’ Kodak Theatre, but what happened outside on the red carpet.

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen walked the red carpet dressed as General Aladeen, a fictional character from his upcoming movie, The Dictator. Cohen was accompanied by two women also in costume, and he was carrying a golden urn filled with the “ashes” of Kim Jong-il.

When being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest, the Borat and Hugo actor said that it was the former North Korean dictator’s dream to be sprinkled over the Oscar red carpet and “Halle Berry’s chest”. Cohen then “accidentally” spilled the urn of fake ashes all over Seacrest’s tuxedo before being escorted away.

It wasn’t clear if Seacrest was in on Cohen’s publicity stunt, but Seacrest looked noticeably irritated as he tried to wipe the white powder off his black tuxedo. Later, actor Tina Fey was seen bowing down and paying her respects to the spilled ashes on the red carpet.

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