Jack Whitehall has said that award show hosts will be 'checking themselves when they write jokes" after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.
The TV comic, 33, told Good Morning Britain that when something controversial goes down at a live ceremony, most people think that it's all part of the show.
He said: "I had a guy on stage once get me in a headlock, but everyone in the room was laughing because they thought it was a bit.
"I caught sight of the bouncers on the door, and they were laughing as well."
"The only time anyone has ever actually got up on stage with me was quite scary.
"I was doing a Christmas show in Bournemouth and there was a large party in of industrial gardeners and they were heckling me quite badly. So I picked on one of them and he got up on stage and put me into a headlock.
"And the problem is when something like that happens, and you sort of saw it happen at the Oscars, most people think that it’s part of the show, so they don’t do anything.
"So I had a guy who was up on stage with me in a headlock, I felt quite vulnerable, but everyone was laughing in the room because they thought it was a bit, and then I caught out the corner of my eye the bouncers on the door, and they were laughing as well because they thought it was a set-up."
Jack went on: "So they wouldn’t have come up to my aid and that is slightly the problem with comedians, is when stuff goes wrong on stage, you always just assume that it’s part of a bit because no-one takes comedians seriously."
The comedian has previously spoken out about how he feared he may become a victim of 'cancel culture' because of a joke he made about Little Mix when presenting the 2019 Brit Awards, which saw complaints made to Ofcom.
The star's advice to anyone who hosts awards shows is ultimately to 'just be careful who you pick on'.
