Chat show host, Jimmy Kimmel has called out US President Donald Trump as the “lowest rated President in history”. Recently, Trump to a jibe at the low ratings of the 90th Academy Awards, hosted by the comedian.
Donald Trump took a dig at this by tweeting: “Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY. Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!”
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The award show telecasted on ABC for American audiences this time attracted the fewest viewers since the records have been maintained. The data released by Nielsen, a record low 26.5 million people watched its telecast.
To this, Kimmel posted: “Thanks, lowest rated President in HISTORY.”
The Oscars ceremony saw host Jimmy Kimmel cracking a joke about Trump as he addressed “Get Out” director Jordan Peele.
“None other than President Trump called ‘Get Out’ the best three-fourth of a movie he had seen this year,” Kimmel quipped at the gala, where several celebrities took a stand for immigrants and ‘Dreamers’ amid the ongoing immigration debate over a programme that protects hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.
-With IANS inputs