The slap heard ’around the world was – hopefully – a one-hit-wonder.

The Academy is now implementing measures to keep away from “unprecedented” spectacles at this 12 months’s ninety fifth Academy Awards on Sunday after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the course of the reside broadcast final 12 months.

In the course of the ceremony, a “disaster group” will likely be poised to intervene ought to something unanticipated happen, Invoice Kramer, the CEO of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, advised Time final month.

“We’ve got an entire disaster group, one thing we’ve by no means had earlier than, and plenty of plans in place,” he stated. “We’ve run many situations. So it’s our hope that we’ll be ready for something that we might not anticipate proper now however that we’re planning for simply in case it does occur.”

Jimmy Kimmel, who will likely be this 12 months’s Oscars host, is significant to the ceremony’s success, Kramer added, applauding the late-night host’s means to deal “with reside TV” as a result of “issues don’t at all times go as deliberate.”

“So you may have a number in place who can actually pivot and handle these moments,” Kramer stated.

Kimmel, making ready to step into the position as host, jokingly threatened to “beat the s–t” out of anybody who makes an attempt to slap him on stage.

“If anyone comes up on the stage and slaps me?” Kimmel, 55, started in his interview with the Hollywood Reporter this week. “Nicely, I measurement them up, and, if I’m greater than they’re, I beat the s–t out of them on tv. And if it’s the Rock, I run.”

Nonetheless, the comic admitted the thrill across the slap has run its course – in his opinion, it’s “nearly boring to joke about at this level.”

“Nicely, no matter I say about it, it’s going to should be nice, proper?” he stated, hinting at his opening monologue. “As a result of a lot has been stated and there’s a lot give attention to it. I clearly don’t need to make the entire monologue about that, however it could be ridiculous to not point out it.”

In an interview with Folks, Kimmel additionally famous how “stunning” it was, applauding Rock for a way gracefully he dealt with it.

“I imply, to be slapped within the face and to remain that cool is one thing that Chris needs to be happy with,” Kimmel stated. “Chris’ grandchildren, I hope, will nonetheless be happy with that when he’s useless and gone.”

The Academy’s president, Janet Yang, beforehand admitted the response to Smith’s habits was “insufficient.” Following the notorious slap, Smith, 54, was banned from attending the awards ceremony for 10 years. The “King Richard” actor, who scored an award for Greatest Actor that night, additionally resigned from the Academy.

“We discovered from this that the Academy should be totally clear and accountable in our actions, and notably in occasions of disaster you could act swiftly, compa**ionately, and decisively for ourselves and for our business,” she advised Selection.

“You must and may anticipate no much less from us going ahead,” she added.

Final 12 months, Smith struck Rock, 58, throughout the face after the comic and actor cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, who experiences alopecia. He in contrast the actress to “G.I. Jane” on account of her shaved head.

“Maintain my spouse’s identify out of your f–king mouth!” Smith then shouted two occasions from his seat following the slap.

Rock apparently by no means obtained a “non-public” apology from the award-winning actor, regardless of Smith’s “public” admission of remorse. A supply advised Day by day Mail he “by no means bought a one-on-one non-public apology from Will, solely the general public one which actually meant nothing.”

“I wish to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” Smith stated in his preliminary teary-eyed apology. “I used to be out of line and I used to be mistaken. I’m embarra**ed and my actions weren’t indicative of the person I need to be.”

He later posted a video months later in July, claiming that Rock was “not prepared to speak” concerning the incident.

Rock, although, blasted the notorious popular culture phenomenon in his latest Netflix stand-up particular “Selective Outrage.”

“All people known as that man a bitch,” Rock stated, referring to the commentary surrounding Smith’s pre-Oscars marital points. “And who’d he hit? Me! A n – – a he is aware of he may beat. That’s some bitch-a** s – – t.”