Jimmy Kimmel is preparing for all possibilities at the 2023 Academy Awards. In an interview with , the Oscars host reveals his plan if history repeats itself and there's another slap at this year's ceremony.«You mean, if somebody comes up on the stage and slaps me?» Kimmel questions, before joking, «Well, I size them up, and, if I'm bigger than they are, I beat the s**t out of them on television.
And if it's The Rock, I run.»The question and Kimmel's response are, of course, in reference to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at last year's ceremony.
The infamous moment is one Kimmel plans to address in his monologue.«Whatever I say about it, it's going to have to be great, right?
Because so much has been said and there's so much focus on it,» he explains. «I obviously don't want to make the whole monologue about that, but it would be ridiculous not to mention it.»In addition to working on plenty of talk about The Slap, Kimmel is busy carefully crafting a monologue that pokes fun at the attendees without crossing the line.«I'm in a unique position in that my job is to make fun of people in Hollywood and then to have them sit next to me on the stage.
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