Jimmy Kimmel Teases Oscars, Says Notorious Slap Will Be Talked about & Guarantees To Be “Standing” Not like Emmys Stunt – Deadline

Jimmy Kimmel is ready to host the ninety fifth Academy Awards in 2023 and he’s teasing the matters that he should handle whereas helming the present.

One challenge that appears inevitable to disregard is the notorious slap from final 12 months’s present the place Will Smith walked up on-stage to smack Chris Rock after a joke at his spouse Jada Pinkett Smith’s expense.

“It’s obtained to return up in a roundabout way,” he advised Further in an interview. “You realize, I don’t wish to actually make gentle of it essentially, as a result of it wasn’t [light] to comedians. You realize, comedians are mad about it… It’s like, it’s a kind of issues that for a bunch of folks that discover all the pieces humorous, it’s, like, not humorous, you realize? However in fact… once they learn the improper winner one 12 months once I hosted the Oscars, we needed to make point out of that the following 12 months.”

Kimmel additionally promised that he is not going to be internet hosting mendacity down and will likely be standing for the present. This was a callback to the Emmys bit he did with co-presenter Will Arnett the place Kimmel was dragged on stage and remained on the ground whilst Quinta Brunson was accepting her award. Kimmel drew a number of backlash over that stunt nevertheless it seems he might have grown from that have.

“I’ll be standing. I’ve realized my lesson. I’ll be standing. In actual fact, I’m going to put on lifts,” he mentioned.

Kimmel is internet hosting the Oscars for the third time with the gala scheduled to happen on Sunday, March 12.