Comedian Jimmy Kimmel will host the Oscars in 2023, organizers said Monday, a year after actor Will Smith disrupted the ceremony by slapping the host. Chris Rock.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hopes that Kimmel, who presented the Oscars in 2017 and 2018, will help fuel the decline in television audiences for the awards to be held in March next year.
Recall that in 2020 and 2021, the Oscars had the lowest audiences in their history.
“Jimmy is the perfect host for our 95th installment. His love of movies, his experience in live television and his ability to connect with global audiences will create an unforgettable experience for our millions of viewers around the world,” said the Academy of Hollywood in a statement.
It will be the third time that the actor, also a native of New York take charge of putting rhythm to the awards after having assumed that task in 2017 and 2018, which was the last time these awards had a presenter.
It was in the year 2019 when the Academy Awards, after 30 years, occurred without the figure of the presenter after the actor kevin hartwas forced to resign from that position due to some homophobic tweets he posted on Twitter back in 2009.
“It’s either a great honor or a trap. Either way, I’m grateful to the Academy for asking me so quickly after all the good guys said no,” Kimmel joked about his appointment for next year.
In his third performance as emcee, there are only five people who have presented more Oscars than Kimmel: Whoopi Goldberg and Jack Lemmon (both 4), Johnny Carson (5), Billy Crystal (9) and Bob Hope (11). ).
The 95th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 12 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles and will air live on ABC in more than 200 territories worldwide. The nominees will be announced on February 8.
Like Chris Rock, Kimmel was also slapped
The famous American presenter was also slapped in 2014 by the Colombian actress Sofia Vergaraduring a game that Kimmel himself proposed on his show.
The dynamic started when Sofia read a comment that said, “I hate Jimmy Kimmel. He has small eyes and a mouth that never closes.”
Kimmel then read a comment to Vergara, noting that she had a man’s jawline, was ugly, and her voice was more annoying than Vergara’s. Fran Drescher.
the actress of modern-family made another hurtful comment to the comedian, who responded by reading a card that read: “Sofía Vergara…. Has anyone checked to see if she has a penis?”
Immediately afterwards, the Colombian slapped Kimmel and told him: “It’s sure bigger than yours.”
It should be noted that unlike Smith’s slap in the face to Rock, which was absolutely real, Vergara’s was prepared and it was all a performance as part of a joke for viewers.