Decade-Long Awards Show Prank Finally Explained
May 23, 2023 11:19AM EDT
Source: YouTube
You might have heard about or seen this prank play out at the 2013 Britannia Awards when Sacha Baron Cohen tripped and pushed an old woman in a wheelchair off the stage.
He was accepting the Charlie Chaplin Excellence In Comedy Award and she was said to be the only surviving co-star of Charlie Chaplin.
Nearly a decade later, now we finally know WHO that lady is and the backstory to the stunt.
Sandy Gimpel at age 83, is the oldest living stuntwoman who wrote her memoir: “Stuntlady: Falling for the Stars.” Gimpel writes about that stunt that still cracks people up!
“George Clooney was right in front of me!” I had to grit my teeth to keep from laughing!”
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