Jimmy Kimmel hits back at President Trump for his Oscars tweet

Alisha Alam | Mar 7, 2018, 11:20 IST
President Trump is known for his remarks. He never shies away from speaking his mind but this time his words seem to have taken an adverse effect. The Oscars are touted to be the most prestigious award ceremony in the world. A star-studded event, the award function is always a glamorous one and each year their larger than life show grabs eyeballs. However, just 26.5 million viewers tuned in to Sunday's Oscars, an all-time low. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars this year and being a frequent critic of President Trump he took a couple of swipes at him. “None other than President Trump called ‘Get Out’ the best first three-quarters of a movie this year,” Jimmy joked.

Apparently, this didn't go down too well with the President and he took to his Twitter account to post how this was the lowest rated Oscars ever. Here's what Trump tweeted:



But looks like Jimmy was ready for him. He too took to his Twitter account to post:



Well, we wonder how President Trump will react to this. Stay tuned for more updates.

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