In a video, Smith held up his Oscar statuette, which he won for his performance in King Richard, clearly showing that the award had not been engraved.

Typically, Oscar winners attend the Governors Ball following the ceremony and there they will get their nameplate added to the trophy. But Smith never made it over to the ball last year — after slapping Rock on stage during the awards show — and has since been banned from attending the Oscars and Academy events for the next 10 years.

Yang thinks that Smith should have his name engraved on the Oscar when asked what she would say if the actor reached out for his nameplate.

“He earned the Oscar,” she continued, in the interview published a day before the 95th Oscars. “He should have his name engraved on it. I don’t know if he should personally come. But we can arrange.”

When explaining what went through her head while witnessing the actor’s smackdown of the comedian, Yang said, “Truly, we were numb.”

“Like everyone else, in the beginning when Will walks onto stage, we’re like, ‘Oh, this is a funny bit. He is going to pretend he slaps him, and then Chris is going to act stunned,’” she added. “And then it was like, ‘Ok, well that’s over.’ And then he goes back to his seat and then he starts shouting — that’s when, of course, everyone said, ‘Oh my God, this is real.’”

Yang said that before she and Academy CEO Bill Kramer came on board, Rock was apparently asked about hosting again and he declined.