"Within the spirit of being free, in the event you’re feeling just a little bit froggy tonight…and also you resolve to leap on this stage right here tonight, I do recommend you might have your affairs so as," the host stated throughout Sunday's present.
Throughout Sunday night time’s 2022 Billboard Music Awards, host and government producer Sean “Diddy” Combs didn’t take lengthy to allude to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on the 2022 Oscars.
After taking the stage at the beginning of the present, Combs made a refined reference to the Oscars second when teasing the get together environment set for the remainder of the night time.
“Within the spirit of being free, in the event you’re feeling just a little bit froggy tonight…and also you resolve to leap on this stage right here tonight, I do recommend you might have your affairs so as. And I say that with love, I say that with the last word and utmost love as a result of love wins y’all,” he quipped.
Combs was in attendance on the Oscars and briefly addressed the stunning incident after taking the stage to current moments after it occurred.
“I didn't know that this 12 months was gonna be probably the most thrilling Oscars ever. OK, Will and Chris, we’re going to resolve that like household on the Gold Celebration. However proper now we’re shifting on with love — all people, make some noise,” Combs stated on the time.
After Rock made a reference to Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, her bald coiffure and the movie G.I. Jane — Pinkett Smith has been open about her hair loss resulting from alopecia — Smith took the stage and slapped Rock.
Smith, who received the Oscar for finest actor for King Richard, later introduced he was resigning from the Academy amid a pending investigation of his actions through the ceremony. The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences ultimately dominated that Smith has been banned from returning to the Oscars or attending another Academy occasions for the following 10 years.
The Billboard Music Awards, hosted by Combs, aired stay from the MGM Grand Backyard Area in Las Vegas on NBC and Peacock.
The ceremony is produced by MRC Stay & Different, a division of MRC, which is a co-owner of The Hollywood Reporter via a three way partnership with Penske Media titled P-MRC.