BAFTA host Richard Ayoade couldn't resist the opportunity to make a savage dig at Will Smith's now-infamous Oscars slap.
It comes after Hollywood actor Will strode on stage and whacked Chris Rock across the face after the comedian made a 'GI Jane' joke aimed at his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Jada suffers from alopecia, which Chris later claimed to have not have known at the time he made the joke.
Will went on to win an Academy Award for his role in King Richard, but later apologised for his behaviour and resigned from Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Taking to the stage this evening in London for the TV BAFTAs as the ceremony celebrates its 75th year, host Richard quipped: "In 1955 there were only six categories, there was barely enough time to get up from your seat and slap someone before the whole ceremony would be over.
As the audience laughed, Richard continued: "But do not worry your overly-filmed heads, I’m not going to use your faces as punchlines or punchbags – you’ve suffered enough. No one works harder than us, apart from people in other professions.
"I’m putting in a couple of hours today, I’m exhausted."
Later during the ceremony, Lorraine Kelly sent a “special hello” to Prime Minister Boris Johnson as she took to the stage at the TV Baftas to present the news coverage award.
She joked: “Hello and a special hello to Boris. I’m Lorraine. It’s lovely to see you,” prompting cheers and laughter from the audience.
Mr Johnson appeared not to know who Kelly was during an interview with Good Morning Britain.
The award went to ITV News At Ten for its coverage of the storming of the US Capitol.
