Well... it was bound to happen, wasn't it? Last year's Academy Awards may have been the night where Jessica Chastain and Ariana DeBose won big, but it was also the night where another big award winner found himself in hot water. Yes, Will Smith may have ended his night winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard, but his big win was marred by his actions earlier in the night. In case you're the one person on Earth who missed it, Smith took to the stage to slap comedian Chris Rock around the face, after the latter had made a joke about Smith's wife prior to presenting an award. "Jada, I love ya! G.I. Jane 2 - can't wait to see it," Rock quipped, referencing Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head (a choice she had made following a battle with alopecia). Check out the infamous moment below: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/CbUP0TKj-dkXnENEs.mp4||CbUP0TKj]] Despite apologizing to both Rock and the Academy, Smith was subsequently banned from the prestigious event for 10 years. And although you may think the Oscars would want to put Smith in the rearview mirror and have you forget all about it, it actually took Sunday night's host Jimmy Kimmel less than 15 minutes to reference Smith's infamous slap. First, Kimmel joked about there being five Irish stars nominated on Sunday night, saying: "Which means the odds of another fight on stage just went way up." Kimmel later added in his opening monologue: "We want you to have fun, we want you to be safe and we want me to be safe. "If any person in this theater commits an act of violence, you will be awarded best actor and be allowed to give a 19-minute speech." Check out Kimmel's speech below: [[jwplayerwidget||https://cdn.jwplayer.com/videos/GHn0zQo1-dkXnENEs.mp4||GHn0zQo1]] He continued: "But seriously, the Academy has a crisis team in place. If anything unpredictable or violent happens during the ceremony, just do what you did last year... Nothing. Sit there and do absolutely nothing. Maybe even give the assailant a hug." He then said that anybody trying to rush him would have to go through stars like Michael B Jordan, Michelle Yeoh, and Pedro Pascal. Over on Twitter, people branded the monologue "savage". [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/Weesesports/status/1635071349147443202]] And others just didn't want to see it: [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/TVandme__/status/1635074536692682753]] Something tells me this won't be the last time Smith is referenced tonight. <h6>Featured image credit: REUTERS/Alamy</h6>

It took less than 15 minutes for Will Smith to be referenced at tonight's Oscars

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