The power of the slap lives on: A year after Will Smith took the stage to slap comedian Chris Rock, the event was the butt of plenty of jokes on Oscar Sunday 2023.
The slap had gone around the Hollywood elite and then, very quickly, the whole world. Inevitably, Sunday’s emcee Jimmy Kimmel didn’t fail to pick it up.
“If one of you is not happy with a joke and decides to come to blows, it will not be easy,” the driver promised, referring, in VO, to a will smith tube. getting nervous about it.
Because the potential aggressor should override a host of superheroes, he quipped, like Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) and The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal). “No nonsense tonight,” Jimmy Kimmel asked jokingly.
“We want you to have fun”
Will Smith was banned from the Oscars for 10 years as a result of his performance, although a few minutes after the famous slap, he returned to the stage to receive the best actor statuette for his role in the william methods.
“If someone in this theater commits a violent act at any time during the ceremony, they will be rewarded with the Oscar for best actor and will be allowed to give a 19-minute speech,” Jimmy Kimmel launched mischievously.
“Five Irish actors are named tonight. Which means the chances of another stage fight have skyrocketed,” the TV presenter said.
Minutes later, however, he adopted a half-serious tone: “We want you to have fun, feel safe and, above all, we want me to feel safe…”.
Source: BFM TV
