Will Smith, 54, cracked 94th Academy Awards presenter Chris Rock, 58, in the face after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair.“Well, whatever I say about it, it’s going to have to be great, right?” he told The Hollywood Reporter last week. “Because so much has been said and there’s so much focus on it.
I obviously don’t want to make the whole monologue about that, but it would be ridiculous not to mention it.”The funnyman was also asked what he would do if another slap occurred, and hilariously explained it would depend on who laid the smackdown.“You mean, if somebody comes up on the stage and slaps me?” he said. “Well, I size them up, and, if I’m bigger than they are, I beat the s–t out of them on television.
And if it’s the Rock, I run.”The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences previously shared that they planned to have a “crisis team” on standby to prevent any live ruckus, but had intentions to address the incident in some manner.“We’re going to acknowledge it, and then we’re gonna move on,” Oscars executive producer Molly McNearney said last week. “We don’t want to make this year about last year.
It’s certainly something we can and will address in a comedic fashion.”Since Kimmel had previously hosted the show twice — in 2017 and 2019 — the Academy brought him on to prevent any live mishaps.“It’s so important to have a host who knows how to handle live television and a live audience,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer said. “He’s funny, he’s respectful, his edges aren’t too sharp.”Kimmel, though, told THR that while he was planning on retiring, he took on Oscar hosting duties anyway because if you “catch me at the right moment, you can get me to sign almost anything.“I go from a hot to cold very.
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