Oscars 2023 host Jimmy Kimmel has disclosed who was in the Cocaine Bear suit at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night.
The bear joined director Elizabeth Banks on stage while presenting at
the 2023 Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Fans on social media could not help wonder who was in the suit
and a guessing game ensued.
Jimmy Kimmel finally revealed the
answer.
“It was a celebrity, that was correct… and that celebrity
was, DJ Jazzy Jeff!” he said.
“And that’s not a lie. That’s
absolutely true and I’d like everyone to report that.”
Inspired
by a true story Cocaine Bear follows a 500-pound black bear after it
consumes a large amount of cocaine and runs amok, taking out, cops, tourists
and hikers.
Earlier, speaking to People less than two weeks from this
year’s Oscars, Kimmel commended Rock for his demeanour onstage in 2022.
“It’s
still shocking that that happened,” he said.
“(And) for it to
happen at the Oscars magnifies it by about a million times… I think it’s
something that everybody regrets and that we will move past.
“One
day it will be looked at in the same way as that guy running onstage n*ked
is looked at: a weird moment that we all talked about and we hopefully learn
from.”
