Jennifer Lopez Saves Adele from Acceptance Speech Prank
Grammy Crasher Jailed for On-Stage Adele Stunt
3:16 PM PST 2/11/2013 by Seth Abramovitch
Jennifer Lopez held her composure when a man, who once earned a slap from Will Smith on the red carpet, intercepted the singer's win.
A Grammy crasher spent the night behind bars for storming the stage during the ceremony -- a moment broadcast around the world, but noticed by very few.
Watch closely at the moment Jennifer Lopez presents Adele with her Grammy for best pop solo performance. You'll notice a man in a tuxedo and black glasses standing at the microphone to greet the "Set Fire to the Rain" singer. As Adele climbs the stairs to the podium, Lopez gives the man a stern look and, with a flick of the thumb, gestures him off stage.
As Lopez's co-presenter Pitbull offers Adele a kiss of congratulations, the man can be clearly scene exiting upstage as Lopez, maintaining perfect composure, turns around momentarily to catch a second glimpse of the interloper.
It's all over in the blink of an eye.
The identity of that man can now be revealed: It was none other than Vitalli Sediuk, a TV presenter on Ukraine's 1+1, who already boasts an international reputation for celebrity pranksterism.
In May, Sediuk grabbed headlines after he kissed Will Smith on the red carpet at the Moscow premiere of Men in Black 3 -- earning a shove and a slap from star.
A source close to the prankster tells The Hollywood Reporter that Vitalli managed to infiltrate the Grammys ceremony despite holding no tickets or credentials of any kind. He walked by security guards and strolled down the red carpet before entering the Staples Center alongside Katy Perry.
Once inside the arena, he took a seat in the second row, directly behind Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel.
The A-list position was actually the one assigned to Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, the source says, a latecomer who took a seat on the floor when he found his assigned seat had already been filled.
After he intercepted Adele's moment -- her ninth Grammy win -- and walked off the stage, Sediuk was detained by event security and placed under arrest for trespassing.
He spent the night in jail, and was released pending a court date set for March.
The A-list position was actually the one assigned to Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, the source says, a latecomer who took a seat on the floor when he found his assigned seat had already been filled.
The A-list position was actually the one assigned to Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, the source says, a latecomer who took a seat on the floor when he found his assigned seat had already been filled.
I hate this guy, his pranks aren't even funny. The hydrangea prank he did was the only funny one he did and that's only because of Madonna's reaction. Had she actually just accepted them with grace, it would have been dead joke.
