How inglorious!
Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt almost got face-planted by an infamous Ukrainian prankster who rushed the movie star Wednesday outside the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.
The hunky heartthrob had arrived late with his family to the premiere of Angelina Jolie’s “Maleficient,” which also stars their 4-year-old daughter, Vivienne, as a young Aurora.
Pitt was strolling the red carpet when 25-year-old Vitalii Sediuk — wearing maroon pants, a dark jacket and casual loafers — leapt over the security barrier and tried to get his hands on one of the world’s most famous kissers.
Sediuk ended up facedown over a security barrier — checkered underwear exposed — as security grabbed him and hauled him away from Pitt.
LAPD Sgt. Leonard Calderon told Variety that the Ukrainian prankster was taken to the Hollywood police station where he was arrested and booked on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. He is being held on $20,000 bail.
According to TMZ.com, Sediuk was also hit with a temporary emergency restraining order that requires him to stay at least 500 feet away from Pitt for the next five days.
Pitt was later seen laughing over the incident as he continued on his way into the theater.
This incident marks the Sediuk’s fourth celebrity prank of the year.
Earlier this month, he tried to crawl under the back of America Ferrera’s dress at the “How to Train a Dragon 2” screeningat the Cannes Film Festival.
His first prank of 2014 came in January, when he hugged Bradley Cooper’s crotch on the red carpet of the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In February, he made the same move on Leonardo DiCaprio’s crotch at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
In February 2013, Sediuk appeared onstage to crash Adele’s acceptance speech at the Grammys. He was charged with trespassing and spent the night in jail.
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