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Ukrainian Prankster Targets U.S. Celebrity Kardashian In Paris Incident


U.S. TV celebrity Kim Kardashian with her security detail on a recent visit to Yerevan
U.S. TV celebrity Kim Kardashian with her security detail on a recent visit to Yerevan

Ukrainian prankster Vitaliy Sedyuk has struck again, this time targeting American celebrity Kim Kardashian's derriere as she was entering an exclusive restaurant in Paris.

Kardashian's makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic caught the incident on video on September 28 and posted it to his Instagram account.

It showed the reality television star negotiating her way through a crowd of paparazzi as Sedyuk, a former Ukrainian television reporter from Boryspil, swooped in and attempted to kiss Kardashian's posterior.

Kardashian's security detail is seen to react immediately and pull him to the ground amid cries from the crowd.

It's the second time Sedyuk, 27, has targeted Kardashian. She was accosted two years ago outside a Paris fashion show.

Sedyuk last week told The Associated Press, which calls him a "serial celebrity accoster," that he objected to the Kardashians being featured in Vogue magazine.

Sedyuk in 2014 spent two days in jail after jostling with movie star Brad Pitt at a Los Angeles film premiere.

He also accosted model Gigi Hadid at Milan Fashion Week last week.

Based on reporting by AP and Entertainment Tonight

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