Jimmy Kimmel is set to take the Oscars stage as the host for the third time this weekend. Ahead of the big night, he said he’s ready for anything — even another slap.
In a recent interview ahead of the big night, Kimmel said he’s ready for anything - even another slap. “Well, I size them up, and, if I’m bigger than they are, I beat the s— out of them on television. And if it’s the Rock, I run,” he joked in a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter. Will Smith infamously slapped presenter Chris Rock at last year’s Academy Awards, after the comedian made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
As for what we can expect from Kimmel this year? He says it’s simple – he’ll tell jokes. “I don’t have a lot of talents, so there’s not a huge number of areas for me to draw from outside of telling jokes,” he said. “I mean, I am pretty good at drawing cartoons, so I guess I could sit down and do caricatures of the stars?” Adding, “The best advice I got about hosting the Oscars was from Billy Crystal, who told me, ‘Play to the room.
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