Unfortunately, for Ryan Seacrest, it's the late North Korean dictator Jim Jong Il.
In case you missed the Academy Awards last week, the comedic actor, Sacha Baron Cohen, was up to his usual tricks as he arrived dressed as the fictional character, Admiral General Aladeen, to promote his upcoming movie, The Dictator.
Just as the red carpet interview was going smoothly, perhaps too smoothly, Sacha "accidentally" tipped the urn, pouring the Bisquick "ashes" all over Ryan's tuxedo. Although trying to keep an upbeat appearance, Seacrest obviously wasn't amused by the publicity stunt.
What seemed to be body guards brushed Cohen away as Ryan dusted off his jacket and for once, he seemed to be at a brief loss for words.
"I was surprised, but not surprised," Seacrest told an E! blogger. "In the back of my head, I said, this guy isn't coming as the Dictator to not do something—to what extent, I don't know. Whether it be a joke or something physical, I don't know."
Seacrest, being the pro that he is, said he always brings an extra jacket with him in events of unplanned spillage. In addition, you know that his costumers at E! would be all over that situation in a heartbeat as well. So personally, I don't see what the huge fuss is about.
I think it was a clever little way to draw attention to the movie and coming from Sacha Baron Cohen it's not a huge shocker. And, call me cynical, but I'm sure it was probably planned from the beginning and was okayed by Seacrest or his people.
Either way, the little publicity stunt worked. It certainly got people talking, and while the movie will probably be mediocre at best, I may have to go see it.
After all, "the heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed" sounds so ridiculous it could actually be pretty funny.
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