Grammys Crasher Jailed for On-Stage Adele Stunt and How He Did It

A Grammys crasher spent the night behind bars for storming the stage during the ceremony -- a moment broadcast around the world but noticed by very few.

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.

At the moment Jennifer Lopez presented Adele with her Grammy for best pop solo performance, the evening's first award, a man in a tuxedo and black glasses appears at the microphone to greet the "Set Fire to the Rain" singer.

"It's such an honor to receive this award," the man can be heard saying as a stunned Adele climbs the stairs to the podium, adding, "I love you, Adele."

Lopez then gives the man a stern look and, with a flick of the thumb, gestures him off stage.

The identity of that man can now be revealed: It was none other than Vitalii 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.

Holding no ticket or credentials of any kind. He walked by security guards and strolled down the red carpet before entering 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.

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.
Sediuk spent the night in jail, and was released pending a court date set for March.

Sediuk, 24, exclusively tells The Hollywood Reporter how he pulled off the high-risk stunt that landed him in jail.
First I went to the media line and interviewed quite a few celebrities, like Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman. ...Then I just followed one girl in a green dress through the [Staples Center] gates. They checked my pockets but never asked to see a ticket. Only once I was inside the building did I realize, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s Katy Perry!’”

Sediuk insists he had no plans to mount the Grammys stage: "The idea to go on the stage came up at the last second. To be honest, Adele is my favorite singer. So when I heard her name, I came up with this idea to go up on the stage and say what I said. … I pretended this was an award for me, and then I said, 'Thank you, Adele. You’re my inspiration.'”

"I don't remember her [facial] expression, but I remember someone pulled me. When I saw the video, I realized it was Jennifer Lopez," Sediuk says. After he walked backstage, crew and security were ready for him -- and weren't pleased.

"People were quite angry. I felt very nervous -- this will sound funny -- and I asked for water. And one guy was so furious, but he brought water. Then police guys took me to a room and asked a lot of questions about how I got inside," he says.

After being cuffed, fingerprinted, photographed and spending a night in a cold jail cell, Sediuk was charged with trespassing and released Monday morning pending a March court date. As for his crime, he accepts his punishment but insists that while he can sometimes "be rude," his antics are mostly innocuous and well-meaning.
"My purpose is to entertain and to show a different emotion of celebrities,"

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