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Jimmy Kimmel's Mean Oscar Tweets Are Award-Winning Nasty

"You're the scum between my toes."
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General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost

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Host Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscar-version of “Mean Tweets” on Sunday hit A-listers such as Emma Stone and Samuel L. Jackson hard. Many of the barbs from haters on Twitter were of the schoolyard variety, so they were downright mean.

And on a night of Hollywood self-congratulation (and chaos), mean can be funny.

Check it out in the video above.

Before You Go

Oscars 2017 Ceremony
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Cast and crew of "Moonlight" accept the Best Picture award onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Actor Viola Davis accepts Best Supporting Actress for "Fences" onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Halle Berry walks onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Writer/director Barry Jenkins and writer Tarell Alvin McCraney accept Best Adapted Screenplay for "Moonlight" onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Cinematographer Linus Sandgren accepts Best Cinematography for "La La Land" onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Javier Bardem and Meryl Streep speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Co-directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore and producer Clark Spencer accept Best Animated Feature Film for "Zootopia" onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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John Legend performs onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Director Ezra Edelman accepts Best Documentary Feature for "O.J.: Made in America" from actor/singer Janelle Monae onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Riz Ahmed and Felicity Jones speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Michael J. Fox and Seth Rogen speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Sound re-recording mixer Kevin O'Connell and sound engineer Andy Wright accept Best Sound Mixing for "Hacksaw Ridge" onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Mark Rylance speaks onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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AMPAS President Cheryl Boone Isaacs speaks onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Producer Caroline Waterlow and director Ezra Edelman accept Best Documentary Feature for "O.J.: Made in America" during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Lin-Manuel Miranda performs onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Auli'i Cravalho of "Moana" performs onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Auli'i Cravalho of "Moana" performs onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson appears onstage with Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Makeup artists Giorgio Gregorini, Alessandro Bertolazzi and Christopher Nelson accept Best Makeup and Hairstyling for "Suicide Squad" onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Kate McKinnon and Jason Bateman speak onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Mahershala Ali accepts Best Supporting Actor for "Moonlight" onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Justin Timberlake dancing with Jessica Biel during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Justin Timberlake performs onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Meryl Streep in the audience during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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Alicia Vikander walks onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on Feb. 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
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