Sunday 8 May 2022 05:44 AM Benedict Cumberbatch jokes about being 'beat' by Will Smith at the Oscars in ... trends now
Benedict Cumberbatch referenced the infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock slap incident in his monologue as he hosted this weekend's Saturday Night Live.
Cumberbatch, 45, was joking about how people on the show didn't seem to know him outside of Marvel's Dr. Strange.
He mentioned that he also starred in Jane Campion's Power of the Dog, which was nominated for several Oscars, but SNL creator Lorne Michaels said 'nobody saw it.'
Cumberbatch pointed out then that he was nominated for this year's Best Actor Oscar.
'I didn't win. I was beat by Will Smith... not physically! Not physically,' he joked.
Benedict Cumberbatch referenced the infamous Will Smith-Chris Rock slap incident in his monologue as he hosted this weekend's Saturday Night Live.
Cumberbatch lost out to Smith just a half hour after Smith had risen to the Oscars stage to slap Chris Rock, who had just made a joke about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith
Cumberbatch lost out to Smith just a half hour after Smith had risen to the Oscars stage to slap Chris Rock, who had just made a joke about Smith's wife Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Amid mounting pressure, Smith resigned from the Academy and issued an apology to Chris Rock, who has not publicly responded.
But two weeks after awards night, the Academy issued the actor with a ten-year ban from all of its events, while issuing a statement blasting his 'unacceptable' and 'harmful' behavior.
SNL also poked fun at the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision indicating the justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion in the show's cold open.
Cumberbatch and his fellow SNL cast members star in a sketch set in 13th century England, riffing on Justice Samuel Alito's draft decision that cites a treatise from that era.
SNL also poked fun at the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision indicating the justices are poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion in the show's cold open
Cumberbatch and his fellow SNL cast members star in a sketch set in 13th century England, riffing on Justice Samuel Alito's draft decision that cites a treatise from that era
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a character obsessed with the idea of outlawing abortion
Cast members James Austin Johnson and Aristotle Athari question Cumberbatch
'We go now to that profound moral clarity almost a thousand years ago, which laid such a clear foundation for what our laws should be in 2022,' said a narrator setting up the sketch.
Three men, including one played by Cumberbatch, become obsessed with outlawing abortion.
'Don't you think we ought to make a law against it?' asked Cumberbatch.
'Like the law we have
