Jimmy Kimmel’s segment where celebrities read mean tweets about themselves on air, has become wildly popular with viewers, and so we present this, the 7th edition. There are a lot of celebrities on twitter and some people feel very comfortable using twitter to insult those celebrities. Obviously they believe that there’s a remote chance the recipient of their bile will view their mean tweet with his or her own eyes. That said, one would think some of these folks would put a bit more thought into their insults…Although some are rather accurate. See photo of David Blaine. A wit wrote; “David Blaine looks like his voice is putting his face to sleep.” That one is rather right on, though there’s nothing Blaine can do to change the face he got in the great face lottery.
Celebrities have feelings, just like everyone else. Of course they have lovely homes, money, staff, more money, interesting careers and fawning fans who help dull the pain of the slings and arrows of random wing-nuts. Still, one wonders why someone would feel such visceral hatred toward people they will never know? I love Gary Oldman’s reaction. A great actor, he’s in possession of an equally good sense of humor, and is under no delusions regarding his ability to render accents realistically. Of course no actor has ever gotten away with Sean Connery’s accent ‘range.’ He has presented himself in characters from Spain, America, Britain and famously carried off a Russian submarine captain in ‘Hunt for Red October’ all while utilizing his native-born Scottish brogue! I don’t hate him for it, I simply marvel. If ever anyone personified the axiom that you should do ‘it’ (anything) with conviction, and you’ll carry the day – it is he.
This edition of Mean Tweets features a lot of seemingly nice people: Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Ashton Kutcher, Courteney Cox, Andy Garcia, Mindy Kaling, David Blaine, Don Rickles, Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, June Squibb, Jeremy Piven, Kit Harrington, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman and Sofia Vergara.