Sacha Baron Cohen shocks at Britannia Awards after ‘knocking old woman in wheelchair off stage’

Grace Collington presents Sacha Baron Cohen with one of Charlie Chaplin’s famous canes (Picture: BBC America)

Sacha Baron Cohen stunned the star-studded audience at the Britannia Awards after ‘accidentally’ pushing an old woman in a wheelchair off the stage.
The Borat star was invited on stage to accept the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy after a particularly wooden introduction from Salma Hayek.
The actress brought along Grace Collington, 87, to help her present the award to Cohen, describing her as ‘the oldest surviving actor to have worked with Chaplin in a silent movie’.
Collington then gave Cohen one of Chaplin’s famous canes.

Sacha Baron Cohen ‘accidentally’ pushes Grace Collington off the stage (Picture: BBC America)

The comedian started to tap dance like Chaplin before stumbling and pushing the wheelchair off the stage with Grace landing face first on the floor below.
Thankfully the whole thing was just a prank for the awards bash.
Cohen quipped: ‘Grace Collington is the oldest, sorry, was the oldest… I dedicate my award to her. It’s obviously a tragedy but on the bright side what a great way to go.
‘She’ll probably make the Oscars In Memoriam section… Anyway tonight is not about her, it’s about me.’
George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch also attended the Britannia Awards on Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles.