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How Jimmy Kimmel Addressed Will Smith's Oscars Slap
You amended judge the 2023 Oscars are going to speech astir it.
One twelvemonth aft Will Smith made headlines for slapping presenter Chris Rock wrong the Dolby Theatre, this year's telecast couldn't assistance but code the ungraded successful a fewer unsocial ways.
Jimmy Kimmel began his monologue reminding the assemblage that everyone wants them to beryllium safe. "We person strict policies successful place," he said. "If anyone successful this theatre commits an enactment of unit astatine immoderate constituent during the show, you volition beryllium awarded the Oscar for Best Actor and permitted to springiness a 19-minute agelong speech."
But seriously, the Academy present has a situation squad successful spot conscionable successful lawsuit things get a small shocking.
"If thing unpredictable oregon convulsive happens during the ceremony, conscionable bash what you did past year. Nothing," Jimmy joked. "Sit determination and bash perfectly nothing. Maybe adjacent springiness the assailant a hug. And if immoderate of you get huffy astatine a gag and determine you privation to get jiggy with it—it's not going to beryllium easy."
That aforesaid hour, Jimmy helped present 2 presenters for the Best Documentary Feature category, which is wherever "we had that small skirmish past year."
"Hopefully this clip it goes off without a hitch, oregon astatine slightest without Hitch," Jimmy joked portion acknowledging Will's 2005 movie. "Please enactment your hands together and past support them to yourself for Oscar winners Riz Ahmed and Questlove."
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Nearly 2 hours into the show, Jimmy acknowledged the amusement was much than halfway over. But was determination thing missing from this unrecorded event?
"How are you guys holding up? Everybody okay? You're hanging successful there?" helium asked from the stage. "I enactment nutrient nether your seats, I don't cognize if you noticed it. This constituent successful the amusement benignant of makes you miss the slapping a little, right?"
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And portion Oscar contented typically has the reigning Best Actor victor presenting the Best Actress trophy astatine the adjacent year's show, this twelvemonth was a small different.
Halle Berry and Jessica Chastain subbed successful for Will when they presented this year's grant to Michelle Yeoh for her show successful Everything Everywhere All astatine Once.
For those who someway forgot, the 2022 Oscars telecast got a small brainsick when Chris took to the signifier to contiguous the victor of Best Documentary.
After delivering a gag astir Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris was approached by Will Smith, who slapped the comedian connected unrecorded TV. The infinitesimal sent shockwaves astir the world, with The Academy banning Will from the Oscars for 10 years.
As for Will, helium reflected connected the incidental 4 months aboriginal by delivering an apology to each those who were affected.
"I've reached retired to Chris and the connection that came backmost is that he's not acceptable to speech and erstwhile helium is, helium volition scope out," Will wrote connected Instagram successful July 2022. "So I volition accidental to you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behaviour was unacceptable. And I'm present whenever you're acceptable to talk."
More recently, Chris addressed the infamous incidental during Netflix's live-streamed drama peculiar Chris Rock: Selective Outrage connected March 4.
"A batch of radical like, ‘How travel you didn't bash thing backmost that night?'" Chris said. "Cause I got parents. Cause I was raised. You cognize what my parents taught me? Don't combat successful beforehand of achromatic people."
Watch E!'s 2023 Oscars After Party Sunday, March 12, astatine 11:30 p.m. connected E! aft the 2023 Academy Awards telecast connected ABC. And don't miss E! News the adjacent time astatine 11 p.m. for a afloat recap of the biggest Oscars moments.
