Benedict Cumberbatch jokes he was ‘beat’ by Will Smith at Oscars in Saturday Night Live monologue

Benedict Cumberbatch couldn’t resist referring to Will Smith’s Oscars slap (Image: NBC/Getty)

Benedict Cumberbatch joked that he was ‘beat’ by Will Smith on the Oscars as he made his opening monologue on Saturday Evening Reside.

The Sherlock star couldn’t assist however reference the surprising second that Smith slapped Chris Rock, which despatched Hollywood and the remainder of the world right into a frenzy for weeks, as he fronted the sketch present.

Cumberbatch, who performs Physician Unusual in Marvel’s within the Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, started his monologue by revealing that a lot of the sketches he was steered for the present revolved across the character.

‘I like the man, I like enjoying the character, the movie’s doing rather well, however I've been in different movies!’ he mentioned.

He then shared that Saturday Evening Reside boss Lorne Michaels had requested him: ‘Like what?’ Cumberbatch mentioned he responded by saying: ‘Nicely, The Energy of the Canine for a begin.’

Cumberbatch hosted the newest episode of Saturday Evening Reside (Image: NBC)

In keeping with Cumberbatch, Michaels replied, ‘no one noticed it’, to which he quipped: ‘Come on man, I used to be nominated for an Oscar for that!’ I didn’t win. I used to be beat by Will Smith.’

After the viewers erupted with laughter, he added: ‘Not bodily! Not bodily!’

Cumberbatch was nominated for finest actor at this 12 months’s Oscars, nevertheless, the award was gained by Smith for his efficiency in King Richard.

Smith slapped comic Chris Rock on stage on the Oscars in March (Image: Shutterstock)

Earlier than Smith collected the accolade, he slapped Rock after the comic made a joke about his spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith, and her hair loss on account of the medical situation alopecia.

Rock later mentioned he’d been unaware of her situation on the time.

The Recent Prince actor has since been banned from all Academy occasions or programmes for 10 years following his ‘unprecedented’ behaviour.

Two days after the incident, Smith issued a public apology to Rock and the Oscars manufacturing workforce, admitting he reacted ‘emotionally’ to the joke and saying that ‘violence in all its kinds is toxic and damaging’.

‘I'm embarrassed and my actions weren't indicative of the person I wish to be,’ he mentioned.

‘There isn't any place for violence in a world of affection and kindness…I'm a piece in progress.’