Anthony spoke with HollywoodLife completely concerning the probability at emceeing the Academy Awards. See what he mentioned about being 'a part of the dialog' right here!
The 2023 Academy Awards ceremony could have loads of followers tuning into see if any drama goes down like eventually 12 months’s occasion the place Will Smithslapped Chris Rock. With all of the publicity surrounding subsequent 12 months’s present, Oscar officers will be sure you faucet an appropriate emcee to steer the ship easily. After Rock revealed he turned down a proposal for the job, one other potential host, Anthony Anderson, spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife about the opportunity of taking up the reins.
“It’s a gig that I might like to take,” the Blackishstar mentioned on the purple carpet of the D23 Expo on Friday (September 9) in Anaheim, CA. “Whether or not they come to me and provide it to me, or ask me to be part of the dialog, that's but to be seen. However I might love to try this.”
Whereas Anderson has but to step into the position of Oscar emcee, he has had a little bit of follow. Again in 2017, he took over internet hosting a stay post-Oscars particular for ABC, which had beforehand been crammed for 10 years with a section by Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel had been moved as much as the host of that 12 months’s Academy Awards.
Hypothesis about having Rock lead the 2023 Oscars started to simmer quickly after the slap heard ’around the world unfolded on stage. Having hosted in each 2016 and 2005, Chris appeared like a pure selection, particularly with the large highlight on him following the incident. Even ABC’s President of Leisure Craig Erwich talked about the thought of Chris returning for a 3rd internet hosting gig again in Could, per Deadline. Nonetheless, throughout a standup routine in Phoenix on the finish of August, Rock informed the gang he turned down the official provide.
Maybe the Smith slap was nonetheless on Rock’s thoughts when he declined the place. It was fairly a second in Oscar’s historical past, as Rock was presenting an award when he made a joke about Smith’s spouse Jada Pinkett Smith, prompting Smith to bounce on stage and slap Chris in the course of the stay broadcast. Regardless of the unprecedented spectacle, the present had a extra optimistic historic second: Regina Corridor, Wanda Sykes, and Amy Schumer had been first trio of girls to host the present collectively.