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Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Nardine Saad

Jimmy Kimmel comes out swinging in monologue that tackled Will Smith’s Oscars slap

LOS ANGELES — Well, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel came out swinging when he opened the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host pulled no punches — er, slaps — when he addressed the giant elephant in the room at this year’s Oscars.

The elephant being that show-stopping moment during last year’s ceremony when “King Richard” star and lead-actor winner Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, onstage during the live telecast.

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