Jimmy Kimmel Has A Plan In Case There’s Another Slap On Oscar Night

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Nobody’s going to catch Jimmy Kimmel off guard this year. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 2023 Oscars host revealed that he’s all ready in case there’s another big slap during the show. READ MORE: Jimmy Kimmel Hopes To Be An ‘Unslappable’ Oscars Host In ‘Top Gun’-Themed Promo Asked what he’ll do in that event, Kimmel said, “You mean, if somebody comes up on the stage and slaps me?

Well, I size them up, and, if I’m bigger than they are, I beat the shit out of them on television. And if it’s the Rock, I run.” Infamously, at last year’s ceremony, Will Smith got up on stage and slapped host Chris Rock during the live broadcast over a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Of course, given how big a story the slap was, Kimmel will be working it into his act as this year’s returning host. “Well, whatever I say about it, it’s going to have to be great, right?” he joked. “Because so much has been said and there’s so much focus on it.

I obviously don’t want to make the whole monologue about that, but it would be ridiculous not to mention it.” As for the show itself, Kimmel was asked whether it will be a 3-hour show, or if it will once again go over time. “Oh, it’s preposterous!