It's been a year, but the power of 'The Slap' lives on. Oscars
At last year's Oscars, Will Smith suddenly stormed the stage and smacked comedian Chris Rock, who had made an off-color joke about Smith's wife, the actor Jada Pinkett Smith.
"If any of you get mad at a joke and decide you want to get jiggy with it — it's not going to be easy," vowed host Jimmy Kimmel, referring to a classic line from one of Smith's hit songs. "If anyone in this theater commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech," Kimmel quipped.
But a few minutes later, he got serious:"We want you to have fun, we want you to feel safe, and most important, we want me to feel safe.""The next movie is documentary feature, which is where we had that little skirmish last year," Kimmel said.
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