Kid Rock loves to dunk on his haters, but the bullgod didn’t seem to like being the butt of a joke at the Academy Awards. The rapper-turned-rocker-turned-MAGA-country crooner didn’t take kindly to Oscars host Conan O’Brien taking a mild swing at him during Sunday night’s (March 15) awards show, when the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend star tweaked Rock during his monologue.

“I should warn you, tonight could get political,” O’Brien said at the top of the show during a monologue that took some pointed shots at Timothée Chalamet’s ballet/opera gaffe controversy, as well as tweaking Netflix boss Ted Sarandos and absent best supporting actor winner Sean Penn.

“And if that makes you uncomfortable, there’s an alternate Oscars being hosted by Kid Rock,” O’Brien added. “It’s at the Dave & Buster’s down the street.”

The “Don’t Tell Me How To Live” singer didn’t like that jab one bit. In a response on X, Rock (Born Robert James Ritchie), 55, wrote, “I love a good joke, even when I am the butt of it, unfortunately this was not a very good one.”

Rock was reacting to the dig that took a playful swing at last month’s Turning Point “All-American Halftime Show,” which featured Rock playing two songs in front of what appeared to be a sparse audience in a pretaped livestream meant to counterprogram Bad Bunny’s record-setting official halftime show that featured guests Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

Rock also took aim at the time what he called the “fake news media” for suggesting he was lip-syncing during the set that included a glitchy “Bawitaba,” in which his rapping didn’t seem to lineup with the audio feed, blaming it on an alleged editor’s error in post-production.

While Rock promoted his livestream as an the event for people who “love football, love America, love good music and love Jesus,” the tune-in for his alternative has racked up 21 million views on YouTube to date, versus the YT tune-ins to date for Benito’s set, which has more than 125 million views. According to co-producer Roc Nation, the uplifting performance by the one of the world’s most popular performers is the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show of all time with a global viewership record of 4.157 billion worldwide views in the first 24 hours across global and U.S. broadcasts, as well as YouTube and other digital properties.

Rock ended his response with a plug for his upcoming Freedom 250 Tour — The Road to Nashville, which is slated to kick off on May 1 at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas with a lineup that also includes Brantley Gilbert and Them Dirty Roses.

See Rock’s response below.

I love a good joke, even when I am the butt of it, unfortunately this was not a very good one.

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