Kumail Nanjiani prefers Pakistani food over pizza

Oh, and he also called pizza over-rated!

Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani, who rose to fame with his Hollywood film The Big Sick, has revealed that he would choose Pakistani food over pizza any day!

Nanjiani, who bagged his first Oscar nomination for the film based loosely on his life, made an astonishing revelation on Twitter, calling pizza over-rated. "Here we go: pizza is very slightly overrated. I mean, it’s great. But the obsession with it is a bit much," he tweeted.

https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/998355367699582977

And obviously, people weren't all too glad!

Hey @HBO you’re okay with this monster having a show?

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) May 21, 2018

https://twitter.com/samanthadjb/status/998359462837501952

https://twitter.com/lindaholmes/status/998355688911986688

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— Dan Casey (@DanCasey) May 21, 2018

Nanjiani then listed other things he will choose over the food, which is consumed by thousands of people every day in the US, according to The Washington Post. "Here are foods I will take over pizza any dang time," he wrote.

"1. Any Pakistani food

2. Any burrito

3. Any fried chicken

4. Any ice cream sandwich

5. Any calzone (jk lol f*** calzones)"

SCREEBGRAB

And Twitterati can't handle it!

https://twitter.com/lindaholmes/status/998391910439047170

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— 🐷PI66I3🐷 (@PI66I3) May 21, 2018

https://twitter.com/rob_sheridan/status/998393548520095744

Nihari >>>> everything. Gotta love the foods where for each ingredient instead of giving an amount the aunty just says 'andaza' 😂

— Ramy Nazim (@RamyNazim) May 21, 2018

Nanjiani's wife, Emily V Gordon, had the best response to his thoughts, so everybody can basically just go home now.

https://twitter.com/emilyvgordon/status/998367221092143104

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