This year's Oscars host, Jimmy Kimmel, took a brief moment to address last years slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock ... and it got quite a reaction during the live broadcast.
in place tonight, but noted that if anything did happen ... he expected them to do what they did last year, ... absolutely nothing. He even joked that if anyone did assault someone else this time, they'd be awarded Best Actor, given a stage for a speech and a hug to boot.
He also made sure to mention that they want people to feel safe, and that no violence would be accepted ... then roping in a ton of stars into possible protection he might have to activate if anyone tried going after him for a joke they didn't like. He name-dropped Michelle Yeoh, Michael B. Jordan, Andrew Garfield, Pedro Pascal, Steven Spielberg and others as people any would-be assailant would have to get through if they want to rumble on stage.
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