it would have been strange NO then say that Jimmy Kimmel He was referring to “The Slap,” the infamous scandal in which Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face at last year’s Academy Awards. I admitted I felt the need to mention it because it drew a lot of attention, but I didn’t want to spend too much time on it.
“Whatever he says about it, it must be great, right? Because there’s too much said and too much emphasis on it,” Kimmel said. THR Interview. “Obviously I don’t want to talk to myself about it, but it would be foolish not to mention it.”
Broadcasting live on ABC on Sunday night, it wasn’t long before Kimmel joked about the incident on the air. There was a point in Kimmel’s opening monologue when he said that everyone in the audience wanted quiet, but he also wanted quiet. Though he didn’t name Will Smith or Chris Rock, Kimmel joked about the lack of response that followed last year’s big slap.
We want you to have fun, feel safe and most of all, I myself TO Keep calm,” Kimmel sarcastically. “So we have a strict policy to keep up with our pace. But seriously, the academy has a crisis response team. So if something unpredictable or violent happens during the show, just sit back and do absolutely nothing, you can hug the culprit.
Will Smith will not be able to compete for the next 10 years
A lot can happen in a year and it’s nothing like last year when you fell for the first time. At the ceremony, Chris Rock took the stage as the awards presenter and joked about the various celebrities in the audience. I said I couldn’t. Give Jane 2This led to Smith slapping Rock on stage, yelling obscenities and telling the comedian to stop talking about his wife.
Smith was not ejected from the building immediately after the incident, but instead accepted the award for best actor and delivered an impassioned speech. A new “crisis team” was formed to monitor the uncertain situation. Smith has since publicly apologized for his actions and was barred from attending the Oscars for the next decade. He beat up Smith in a Netflix special Chris Rock: Selective outrage, he tackled the “punch” head-on. It was the first time Rock had spoken publicly about the incident nearly a year after it happened.
