Watch Hugh Grant, Ryan Gosling and other celebs read out horrible tweets about themselves

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US chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live! has compiled a segment featuring their guest celebrities reading out horrible tweets about themselves – and it's hilarious

The latest edition of US chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live! saw a host of celebrities read out some pretty horrible social media messages for the popular Mean Tweets segment of the show.

The likes of actors Ryan Gosling, Hugh Grant and Kate Hudson were among the stars who took part, each of them happily dictating less-than-flattering Twitter posts about themselves.

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Jimmy Kimmel has rounded up a new group of celebrities to take part in Mean Tweets (Chris Pizzello/AP/PA Images)

 

The US chat show host originally started the funny segment back in 2012, and it has gone on to become one of the best things about his programme.

But the latest edition is perhaps one of the best, thanks to British actor Hugh’s response to one Twitter user saying he has “stutteringly pathetic’charm’”.

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Love Actually star Hugh laughed at the message, and replied: “Are these real or do you make them up to be especially nasty?”

Ryan read out a tweet that asked: “Why does Ryan Gosling always look like he’s trying to squeeze a fart out without making any noise?”

Keeping it real, the Drive actor responded: “Because I’m a gentleman.”

Kate couldn’t hide her giggles as she was described by one social media hater as “a dead-eyed trash bag that smells like low tide”.

Other notable tweets were read out by Olivia Wilde, Zac Efron, Russell Crowe and Bryan Cranston.

And Zac read out a tweet that said: “Has Zac Efron ever been in a film where he didn’t play a total douche? I’ve never seen one of his films, I’m just judging by his face.”

Breaking Bad star Bryan was incredibly amused with his tweet, which read: “Bryan Cranston looks like Jim Carrey impersonating Matthew McConaughey.”

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Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.