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Borat was to dress up as Na'vi
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.’
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