Jimmy Kimmel Jabs Academy Over Will Smith Slap, Tells Oscars Crisis Team to ‘Do What You Did Last Year: Absolutely Nothing’ (Video)
thewrap.comright for it. It actually took the host most of his monologue to get a slap joke in. In fact, it seemed for a bit that he might pull his punches, when he only made a fairly tame joke about the chances of a fight happening, referring to the cast of “The Banshees of Inisherin.”“Five Irish actors are nominated, which means, the odds of another fight on stage just went way up,” Kimmel joked.But in the end, he did go for the slap directly, and he went for the jugular when he did.
Of course, he did it with the promise of wanting the crowd to feel secure.“We want you to have fun, we want you to feel safe, and most importantly, we want me to feel safe,” he joked. “So, we have strict policies in place.
If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for Best Actor, and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.”"If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute long speech."#Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel addresses "the slap" in his opening monologue.
https://t.co/J1mqrghZrf pic.twitter.com/E5dHUKLAPAKimmel then revealed that the Academy put “a crisis team” in place for the evening — but given how Oscars staff reacted to the slap last year, he wasn’t overly confident about this team.“If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year: nothing.
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