The 53-year-old British TV producer who created the Apple TV+ series “Slow Horses” went on stage to accept the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series at the Emmys 2024 on Sunday night, and he poked fun about having the same name as the famous actor who infamously slapped Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Oscars.

Will Smith took home a trophy at the 2024 Emmys — but it's not the Will Smith you're thinking of. Smith, an English comedian and screenwriter, won the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for Apple TV+'s Slow Horses,

The other Will Smith made history at the 2022 Academy Awards when he rushed the stage and slapped fellow comedian Chris Rock. The nine-time Emmy nominee told the audience, "I come

Will Smith walked onto the stage at the Emmy Awards on Sunday night. Still, any tension associated with that name and the awards stage was quickly assuaged when he opened his mouth to accept the Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series award.

A surprised Will Smith, the veteran British comedy writer-producer who created and executive produces/showruns Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, started off his speech accepting the Emmy for Writing For a Drama Series by addressing what was on the minds of many TV viewers and ceremony attendees when his name was announced as a winner.

Apple TV+ thriller "Slow Horses" won its creator and executive producer Will Smith an Emmy in an otherwise weak year for the streamer.

Slow Horses creator Will Smith used the opening of his acceptance speech at the 2024 Emmys to poke fun at actor Will Smith's infamous Oscars slap. "Despite my name, I come in peace," the screenwriter,

One user stated: "The sheer level of confusion that flowed through my body when they announced Will Smith winning an Emmy for