Watch your step! Sacha Baron Cohen shocks audience as he knocks elderly woman off stage after accepting Charlie Chaplin award

Sacha Baron Cohen stunned a star-studded audience when he 'accidentally' tripped and knocked a wheelchair-bound woman off stage on Saturday evening.
His comedy is made to shock, and the 42-year-old made no exception when he fell into former costar of Charlie Chaplin, Grace Collington, at the BAFTA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles.

After being invited on stage by Salma Hayek to collect the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy, the actor started tap dancing before falling into the 'oldest surviving actor to have worked with Chaplin in a silent movie’.

Perfect prankster: Grace Coddington, the former co-star of Charlie Chaplin, arrives on stage to present Sacha Baron Cohen with the Charlie Chaplin Award For Excellence In Comedy on Saturday

Shocking: The actor was presented with a cane by the elderly actress

The 87-year-old actress gave Cohen one of Chaplin’s famous canes before she was 'killed', after being pushed face first into the shocked audience below.
Thankfully the whole thing was just a prank, and Cohen later said: 'Grace Cullington is the oldest, no, sorry, was the oldest surviving... I dedicate my award to her. This is obviously a tragedy. She has upstaged me.
'But on the bright side, what a great way to go, giving an award to me. Thus, she’ll probably make the Oscars In Memoriam segment.'

Gasps: The comedian fell into the 87-year-old after tap dancing on stage

Prank: The actress goes flying into the audience while Cohen lies on the floor

He went on to complain about the cane being 'defective', saying he had a lot of witnesses to back him up.
Making a rare public appearance as himself, Cohen arrived at the bash held at the Beverley Hilton Hotel with his wife, Isla Fisher.
Dressed in a smart black suit with matching tie, the comedian posed alongside Hayek and Fisher, who wowed in a floor-length white gown.

'I dedicate my award to her': The Borat star mentioned the late Grace Collington in his acceptance speech

Cohen wasn't the only winner on the night, as George Clooney was honoured with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film.
The 52-year-old was introduced by Julia Roberts, who appeared alongside the Gravity star in the Oceans Eleven film series.
In addition to George and Sacha, director Kathryn Bigelow and actors Sir Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch and Idris Elba all received accolades at the event.

Stylish trio: Cohen with actress Salma Hayek and wife, Isla Fisher on the red carpey

Barefoot beauty: Honoree George Clooney accepted his award from actress Julia Roberts