North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a "monkey in a tropical forest" Saturday and blamed the U.S. for its Internet shutdown, the Washington Post reported.

The North Korean government has been accused of cyber attacking Sony Pictures after deciding to go forward with the release of "The Interview." The company then canceled the release of the comedy earlier this month amidst threats of terrorist attacks from hackers before eventually showing the film in select theaters and online.

The controversial movie revolved around killing North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un. After hackers made terrorist threats about the release of the film, fingers were pointed at North Korea, but the country denied all allegations that it was responsible for the cyberattack.

Later, President Barack Obama said the film company should not have listened to threats, and the movie was released on Christmas in a few independent theaters and online, making about $1 million on the opening day in ticket sales, according to the Post.

On Saturday, North Korea said Obama was "the chief culprit" for releasing the movie.

"Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest," an unnamed spokesman for the National Defense Commission of North Korea said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.

The commission also attacked the United States and blamed the nation for North Korea's Internet shutdown,the Daily Mail reported.

"The U.S., a big country, started disturbing the Internet operation of major media of the DPRK, not knowing shame like children playing a tag," the statement read.

Obama congratulated Sony Pictures for going on with the film that shows the assassination of North Korea's leaders and pictures him as a child that throws temper tantrums and soils himself on live television.

North Korea continues to deny they were involved with the terrorist threats to Sony Pictures, although FBI specialists pinned the hack attack to the country.