After winning for outstanding writing for a drama series at the 2024 Emmy Awards, 'Slow Horses' creator Will Smith joked, "Despite my name, I come in peace," as he took the stage.

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.

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.

On Sunday night at the Emmy Awards, creator Will Smith made his way onto the stage. But as he spoke up to accept the outstanding writing for a drama series award, the awkwardness surrounding that name and the awards stage was swiftly dispelled.

Will Smith, the creator of Slow Horses, began his acceptance speech at the 2024 Emmys by mocking actor Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock. Perhaps sensing an elephant in the room, the screenwriter acknowledged he shares his name with the veteran actor and rapper.

And when the joke is on Will Smith, well, it is even funnier when another Will Smith is the one making them at the Emmy Awards. A glitch in the Hollywood stimulation is the best way to describe, the ordeal that unfolded at the Emmy Awards 2024 when it was announced that Will Smith had won an Emmy and instead of the Fresh Prince,

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

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,