--- title: Brad Pitt Speaks Out About Vitalii Sediuk, Red Carpet Prankster description: The actor opened up about Vitalii Sediuk, the man who attacked him on the red carpet and hid under actress America Ferrera's dress at Cannes canonical: https://time.com/2817400/brad-pitt-red-carpet-punch-vitalii-sediuk/ author: Megan Gibson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-03T11:34:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:10:55.661Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Brad Pitt Speaks Out About Vitalii Sediuk, Red Carpet Prankster og:description: The actor opened up about Vitalii Sediuk, the man who attacked him on the red carpet and hid under actress America Ferrera's dress at Cannes og:url: https://time.com/2817400/brad-pitt-red-carpet-punch-vitalii-sediuk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt579e00390ba7b4ca/69869166d0b6f273513047d3/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Maleficent og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brad Pitt Speaks Out About Vitalii Sediuk, Red Carpet Prankster twitter:description: The actor opened up about Vitalii Sediuk, the man who attacked him on the red carpet and hid under actress America Ferrera's dress at Cannes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt579e00390ba7b4ca/69869166d0b6f273513047d3/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Brad Pitt: Red Carpet Attacker 'Going to Get Stomped' by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Jun 3, 2014 11:34 AM CUT  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the World Premiere of Disney's "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre on May 28, 2014 in Hollywood, Calif. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the World Premiere of Disney's "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre on May 28, 2014 in Hollywood, Calif.Gregg DeGuire—WireImage/Getty Images by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Jun 3, 2014 11:34 AM CUT Brad Pitt has [opened up ](http://www.people.com/article/brad-pitt-statement-vitalii-sediuk "undefined")about the “nutter” who struck the actor on the red carpet during the world premiere of _Maleficent_ last week. Last Wednesday, when Pitt was attending the premiere with partner Angelina Jolie, Ukrainian journalist-turned-prankster Vitalii Sediuk jumped the red carpet barrier and grabbed at the actor. Describing the incident — which ended with Sediuk in handcuffs — [to _People_](http://www.people.com/article/brad-pitt-statement-vitalii-sediuk "undefined"), Pitt said: --- > “” --- Sediuk has pulled stunts like this in the past, crashing the red carpet to hug Bradley Cooper and Leonardo DiCaprio’s crotches. Just last month, at the Cannes Film Festival, he stormed the red carpet and dove underneath America Ferrera’s gown, which Pitt seemed particularly annoyed about. The actor added, “he should know, if he tries to look up a woman’s dress again, he’s going to get stomped.” Consider yourselves warned, would-be pranksters. \[[_People_](http://www.people.com/article/brad-pitt-statement-vitalii-sediuk "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2817400/brad-pitt-red-carpet-punch-vitalii-sediuk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2817400/brad-pitt-red-carpet-punch-vitalii-sediuk/"},"headline":"Brad Pitt: Red Carpet Attacker 'Going to Get Stomped'","datePublished":"2014-06-03T11:34:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:10:55.661Z","description":"The actor let Vitalii Sediuk know what's coming to him after the self-styled \"prankster\" attacked him on the red carpet at the premiere of \"Maleficent\" and also hid under actress America Ferrera's dress on the red carpet at Cannes","url":"https://time.com/2817400/brad-pitt-red-carpet-punch-vitalii-sediuk/","keywords":["celebrities","red carpet","Angelina Jolie","Brad Pitt","Cannes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt579e00390ba7b4ca/69869166d0b6f273513047d3/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt579e00390ba7b4ca/69869166d0b6f273513047d3/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Maleficent","caption":"Brad Pitt Angelina Jolie Maleficent","creditText":"Gregg DeGuire—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2817400/brad-pitt-red-carpet-punch-vitalii-sediuk/","name":"Brad Pitt: Red Carpet Attacker 'Going to Get Stomped'"}}]}] ```