Piers Morgan slams Hugh Grant’s ‘juvenile antics’ after awkward Oscars appearance | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Host Jimmy Kimmel also came under fire from Piers, but one of his jokes was especially memorable for the former Good Morning Britain star.

“If anyone in this theatre commits an act of violence at any point during the show, you will be awarded the Oscar for best actor and permitted to give a 19-minute-long speech!” he quipped, referencing Will Smith’s infamous slap last year.

However, Piers retorted today: “I can’t have been the only viewer quietly hoping Will Smith might storm in again and whack [Hugh] Grant in his self-satisfied scrotum.”

Will received a ten-year ban from the Oscars and other Academy events last year after slapping comic Chris Rock for making a “GI Jane” about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.