Leonardo DiCaprio’s long-pending maiden Academy win is not just special for him but it has emerged as a record-breaker by being the most-tweeted moment of an Oscars broadcast ever.
DiCaprio won the best actor trophy for his role of a fur-trapper in “The Revenant” and the much-anticipated moment saw 440,000 tweets per minute flooding the micro-blogging site, reported Entertainment Weekly.
It shattered Oscars 2014 host Ellen DeGeneres’ record of 255,000 tweets per minute, when she tweeted a star-studded selfie from the venue.
The second most tweeted moment of the Oscars night was “Spotlight” winning the Best Picture award.
“Mad Max: Fury Road”‘s big win in the technical department, especially for sound mixing, was the third most tweeted moment from the entertaining show.
Some of the craziest tweets:
Caricatura EDO: and the #Oscar goes to… #LeonardoDiCaprio #UnOscarParaLeoPorFin pic.twitter.com/Mp81NNS5WM
— Eduardo EDO Sanabria (@edoilustrado) February 29, 2016
Finally @TheAcademy gives my favorite @LeoDiCaprio the recognition he deserves! Love you #LeonardoDiCaprio keep slaying!!
— Buddhu Sa Mann (@ArmaanMalik22) February 29, 2016
23 years later after his first nom in 1996 😩😭🙌🏾👏🏾🏆 This isn’t photoshop. So happy for #LeonardoDiCaprio 👊🏾 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/bgY5I4EfSL
— Faith Child (@FaithChildMusic) February 29, 2016
THIS IS ALL THAT MATTERS IN LIFE!!! #Oscars #LeonardoDiCaprio pic.twitter.com/o3id3y2T6a
— Anthony Dominic (@tmzanthony) February 29, 2016