Read Mean Tweets – Best Of Celebrities Fight Back Edition
In March 2012, in honor of Twitter’s six-year anniversary, Jimmy Kimmel Live! featured a segment called “Mean Tweets” with celebrities—including Will Ferrell, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Roseanne Barr, Anna Faris, and Kathy Griffin—reading aloud actual tweets directed toward them by Twitter users while the song “Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M. plays in the background. The segment was extremely popular, with more than 38 million views on YouTube by April 2015.
Additional “Mean Tweets” editions have aired, featuring celebrities including Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Adam Sandler, Britney Spears, Sofía Vergara, Jon Hamm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Aaron Paul, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon and Bill Murray. The tweets selected for the segment are invariably abusive, vulgar or rude, often objecting to the celebrity’s physical appearance or perceived lack of talent. In many cases, the celebrity is then afforded the opportunity for a brief response to the mean tweet. The show has also aired several themed editions of “Mean Tweets,” including special NBA, NFL, college football and music editions. In March 2015, President Barack Obama took part in a “President Obama edition” of “Mean Tweets,” during which he read tweets from people mocking his jeans and blaming him for the high price of beer. The Obama segment attracted more than 10 million views in one day.
On occasion, Kimmel will introduce a surprise celebrity guest for a live “Mean Tweet”, which was later compiled on YouTube. Celebrites who appeared on stage include Jeff Bridges and Halle Berry.
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