Jordan Peele Is Rightfully All Up in His Feelings After ‘Get Out’ Scores 4 Oscar Nominations

Jordan Peele is having one of them good days. On Tuesday morning, the Academy Award nominations were announced. Among them were not one, not two, not even three—but four nominations for Peele's spectacularly horrific take on interracial dating, Get Out.

The nods are for Best Director (Peele), Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya), Best Original Screenplay (Peele again), and the big winner-take-all, Best Picture. 

Congratulations to #GetOut on 4 #AcademyAward nominations including Best Picture. pic.twitter.com/uWEjORFO29

— Get Out (@GetOutMovie) January 23, 2018

Upon finding out that his film was so well-received by the Academy, Peele took to Twitter to share his overwhelming emotional response.

pic.twitter.com/AfhT8aHJbN

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) January 23, 2018

He also asked a question that illustrated how high he was flying, and of course, it kept with the theme of his film.

Related Stories

STORY CONTINUES BELOW

Jordan Peele Doubles Down on ‘Get Out’ Being a ‘Documentary’: ‘The Movie Is Truth’

‘Get Out’ Director Jordan Peele Breaks Down the Messages and Meanings Behind His Hit Film

Feature

‘Get Out’ Star Daniel Kaluuya Talks the “Horror of Racism”

What’s the opposite of the Sunken Place?

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) January 23, 2018

His followers had some pretty good answers.

Definitely Wakanda.

— Nerdist (@nerdist) January 23, 2018

The funkin' Space pic.twitter.com/tDXZE2XFem

— JestfulHam (@JestfulHam) January 23, 2018

The Crunken Place 🙌🏾

— ❤️🥀🌹 SunSingleton (@SunSing) January 23, 2018

Then, Peele got real. "I just spoke to Daniel," he tweeted. "You know when you're on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly cry? I failed at that." Been there, man.

I just spoke to Daniel. You know when you’re on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly cry? I failed at that.

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) January 23, 2018

Right now I’m just thinking about everyone who bought a ticket and told someone else to. You did this. Thank you. ✊🏾

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) January 23, 2018

Now, will the Oscars actually let Get Out pull off a win or two in a major category? We'll find out when the Jimmy Kimmel-hosted awards air on March 4. You can read additional nominations here.