Jimmy Kimmel on Will Smith: ‘Even Kanye was like, you went on stage and did what?’

Jimmy Kimmel on Smith’s Oscar: ‘It was the first acceptance speech in which the winner apologized to the Academy before he thanked them.’ Photograph: YouTube

Jimmy Kimmel

On Monday evening, late-night hosts tore into by far the most talked-about moment from the Oscars: Will Smith slapping presenter Chris Rock over a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. “Even Kanye was like, ‘you went on stage and did what at an awards show?’” said Jimmy Kimmel.