Extra points if you can guess what he focused on.
Well, of course Donald Trump had something to say about the 2018 Oscars. We all knew that was coming. The tension between the president and the Hollywood community has been well-documented.
But you get extra points if you guessed what aspect of the show he focused on in an early-morning Tweet on Tuesday (March 6).
No, it wasn’t about two-time Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel. It wasn’t about Meryl Streep, either. In fact, with little to no mention of Trump on-stage during Sunday night’s ceremony, he opted not to aim brickbats at any one of Hollywood’s high-profile performers.
Instead, his target of choice: the show’s historically low ratings.
On Monday, it was reported that the 90 th annual Academy Awards telecast drew 26.5 million viewers, making it the lowest-rated Oscars ceremony since Nielsen began tracking its viewers in 1974. It also marked a 20 percent drop in viewers of last year’s show.
That gave Trump, a longtime watcher of TV ratings — and who often trumpets his own ratings during his time as host of the unscripted series « The Apprentice » — all he needed to gloat.
« Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY, » he said via Twitter at 7:25 a.m. CT on Tuesday. « Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)! »
Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY. Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!
Ouch. It stings because it’s true — at least the first half of it is.
But it also brings up an intriguing thought: Donald Trump,2019 Oscars host? Stay tuned…
