Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes’ Best Oscar Hosting Moments: COVID Pat-Downs and More

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And the crowd goes wild! Nobody was safe from Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes during the trio’s opening monologue at the 2022 Oscars.The trio opened the show by poking fun at their shared hosting duties. “This year, the Academy hired three women to host because it’s cheaper than hiring one man,” Schumer, 40, said to which Hall, 51, replied, “You’re right.” The camera then cut to Tiffany Haddish in the audience, clapping and mouthing the word “Facts” with a smile on her face.Last year, producers dramatically scaled back the Oscars due to the coronavirus pandemic, with only presenters and nominees allowed to attend the gala. “We have been dealing with COVID for two years,” Sykes, 58, joked on Sunday, adding “Just look at what happened to Timotheé Chalament,” before the camera cut to J.K.

Simmons. “I’d still smash,” Hall said.The Scary Movie star — who jokingly announced to the room that she was “single” during the monologue — later announced that she had been asked to perform a handful of emergency COVID tests. “Don’t worry, it’s only a few people, it’s totally random,” Hall said, before calling Bradley Cooper, Chalamet, Tyler Perry and Simu Liu to join her on stage . “Javier Bardem … no, your test is fine, it says that you’re married — I mean, negative.”She continued: “Will Smith, you’re married, but I see you’re on the list and Jada [Pinkett Smith] approved you.” The joke was a reference to the “entanglement” that the Matrix star, 50, confessed to having with August Alsina in July 2020.

She and the Oscar nominee, 53, were separated at the time, but later reconciled.With her four men onstage, Hall joked that it would be a “simple” and “typical” PCR test: “You’ll come backstage, take your mask off — if you have