As the creator of rude movie Ted, the Academy would surely have known what they were letting themselves in for.An untested quantity in the role of host of a major awards show, writer and creator of non-PG animated TV show Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane was always going to be a risky choice.And true to form MacFarlane, 39, incurred the wrath of viewers during his joke stuffed monologue after he made an indirect reference to Skyfall singer Adele's weight. He said: 'Rex Reed will be out here to review Adele’s performance of 'Skyfall'.Reed is the film critic who called actress Melissa McCarthy ' a female hippo' during his scathing review of her latest film The Identity Thief. Scroll down for video...
Wild humour: Seth MacFarlane opened the 85th annual Academy Awards with a controversial tune titled 'We Saw Your Boobs'
Thinly veiled barb: Seth MacFarlane said film critic Rex Reed would critique Adele's performance of Skyfall, Reed is the critic who called Melissa McCarthy 'a female hippo'
Hitting the big time: Seth MacFarlane seen onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles
The funnyman left no facet of Hollywood untouched by his barbs as he hosted the 85th annual Academy Awards, as he joked about women, domestic violence, ageism, weight and the 'hairy' Kardashians. MacFarlane began the broadcast looking totally relaxed: Alone on the stage, he delivered a series of one-liners, many of which drew ire from critics and the internet community. Starting off with a reference to the Oscar-nominated film Lincoln, MacFarlane pondered about Daniel Day Lewis' devotion to character, saying: 'I would argue the actor who really got inside Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth.' 
Musical theme: There were many musical breaks during the show, many of which Seth MacFarlane partook in
While going through his list of perfunctory celebrity bashing jokes he also managed to make an inappropriate sexual joke about nine-year-old nominee Quvenzhane Wallis and George Clooney.'To give you an idea of how young she is, it'll be 16 years until she's too old for Clooney,' he said.
Targets: Seth MacFarlane didn't hold back as he took potshots at Adele and Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis
Seth MacFarlane poked fun at the Denzel Washington movie Flight with a sock puppet sketch
... but was reprimanded by a furious Captain Kirk who told him: 'It's 2013, you can't do black hand any more!'
Twitter user Laura Hudson was among the thousands on the micro blogging site that found it hard to swallow his humour. 'I mean this Oscars ceremony also featured Jennifer Aniston getting called a stripper, a domestic violence joke,' she wrote. Hudson was referring to MacFarlane's most controversial barb. As he introduced Quentin Tarantino's violent revenge western Django Unchained he described it as, 'the story of a man fighting to get back his woman, who's been subjected to unthinkable violence - or as Chris Brown and Rihanna call it, a date movie.' 
Date movie: He later made an ill-advised link between Django Unchained and domestic violence calling it Rihanna and Chris Brown's 'date movie'
The reference to Brown's 2009 assault of Rihanna drew gasps from the audience in Hollywood's Dolby Theatre. Rihanna and Brown have since been reunited, and recently attended the 2013 Grammy Awards together.Huffington Post criticised the comedian for taking a dig at the sensitive topic: 'Domestic violence is not like dating, Seth.' MacFarlane later targeted snubbed actor/director Ben Affleck saying: 'The film's director is unknown to the Academy.' And again later in the program referring to Affleck's bearded appearance in the movie he quipped: 'The first time I saw [Affleck] with all that dark facial hair, I thought, "My God, the Kardashians have made the jump to film,": and even he had to admit afterward he wasn't sure about the joke. The energy in the room cooled as the crowd laughed nervously, forcing him to reply with an assurance that the joke was 'as bad as it gets, if it makes you feel better.' 'Oh no, that's what we were afraid he would do,' he said, mimicking the audience's response. He followed it up with another Tarantino aimed jibe - the writer/director won the award for Best Screenplay on the night. Talking about the film's controversial overuse of the n-word, Seth drew silence from the crowd when he joked that the screenplay was 'loosely based on Mel Gibson's voicemails.'
When the cameras showed audience members in the background of Seth MacFarlane's shot after the 'Boobs' song, Helen Hunt, left, and Jessica Chastain and Kathryn Bigelow, right, did not appear amused
He's got fans: Seth MacFarlane managed to draw laughs from the audience and even backstage with John Travolta
