Steve Harvey made sure he stayed warm on New Year's Eve. Twitter made sure he stayed roasted.

The effervescent entertainer hosted the Fox broadcast for the first time.

"Harvey will bring his signature humor and hosting talents to this highly anticipated celebration taking place in the heart of New York City’s Times Square," the network said in an advance promo. No mention of the fashionable ensemble that would launch a thousand tweets.

2018 is barely here and these responses are already in the running for drag of the year. Nothing like starting things off with a good laugh. But before you chuckle too much - check out this revealing video clip. We caught up with Harvey a while back at the Atlanta launch of his "Easy Bacon" line, and he talked about spending the summers on the family farm honed his work ethic and drive early:

MORE: CNN fired Kathy Griffin from its NYE broadcast so here's what she did instead

Still, his Times Square getup did prompt some pretty creative responses - all in good fun, of course!

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