to keep calm and not take offence
It was the Oscars though, he was tipped to win the best actor, he wasn't expecting some Comedian to make fun of his wife's illness with some cheap joke
Oh his wife was insulted by a comedian, so its like mere mortals going to a comedy club and sitting in the front row, you are clutching at straws now and stretching it a little far to a point of embarrassment, but you crack on with it