Jimmy Kimmel has his work cut out for him as he prepares to host the 2023 Oscars. How will he deal with Will Smith’s slap in the face? “He has to come out somehow,” Kimmel told Extra in November 2022. “You know, I don’t want to take it lightly necessarily because he wasn’t [light] to comedians. You know, comedians love it… It’s like, it’s one of those things that for a bunch of people who find everything funny, it’s not funny, you know? But of course… when they read the wrong winner one year when I hosted the Oscars, we had to talk about it the next year.”
This will be Kimmel’s third time hosting the Oscars, reports The New York Times; She did the honors in 2017 and 2018. “Being invited to present the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a trap,” she said in a statement. “Anyway, I’m grateful to the academy for asking me so quickly after all the good guys said no.” While it’s a funny answer, it’s not wrong for the joke. It will be a difficult year to host!
