Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel warned the audience not to come on stage and 'get jiggy with it' the way Will Smith did when he slapped Chris Rock during last year's Academy Awards.
“‘The Academy has a crisis team in place. If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year: nothing . Sit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug.’”
It should come as little surprise that comedian and late-night host Kimmel drew on the most shocking moment in recent Oscars history for his opening monologue: when Will Smith responded to a joke that presenter Chris Rock made about the “Ali” actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, by walking onstage during last year’s awards show and slapping Rock across the face. Smith then returned to his seat, where he shouted “Keep my wife’s name out of your f—ing mouth.” Twice.
So Kimmel joked during this year’s ceremony that it was very important for the Oscar attendees — and, more importantly, himself — to feel safe during Sunday night’s broadcast. He said that the Academy had put a policy in place where, “If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point in the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech.
Last year’s Oscar slap threatened to overshadow this year’s awards show. Academy president Janet Yang was asked about “the elephant in the room” on the red carpet before the awards began. “Our response was inadequate, and now we’re moving on,” she said.
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