Sacha Baron Cohen was supposed to hand out an Academy Award on Sunday, but has been banned from the ceremony instead incase he offends Avatar director James Cameron.

The Bruno star planned on teasing Cameron by dressing up as blue alien Na’vi and pretending to be pregnant with his baby.

Even though James approved the sketch, the comedian has been dropped from his presenting slot.

The movie maker told E! Online:

I don’t know anything about that… I don’t produce the Oscars. If they want to poke fun at Avatar on Sunday, that’s OK by me.

He continued:

The Oscars are a celebration of movies… even the gaffes and out of bounds stuff are all part of the fun.

Sacha’s rep, Matt Labov, confirms he will not longer be in attendance due to “creative differences”. Bummer.

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