Thefalse ire of Matt LeBlanc and the real ire of several Twitter users followinga joke at the Emmys on Sundayinspired Jimmy Kimmel to tap Kristen Bell, Jeff Bridges and Benedict Cumberbatch for the firstlive celebritymean tweet readings on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kimmel, as he recounted during his monologue Monday, presented the Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy at the Emmys. Before reading the nominees, however, the host jokedthat once the presenter is handed the envelope, theycould technically give the award to anyone like LeBlanc, for instance without any real repercussions.
While Kimmel took the joke as far as cuttingout the name of the winner and eating it, the Emmy did go to itsrightful recipient, Transparents JeffreyTambor. Afterwards, LeBlanc, who was nominated forEpisodes and seated behind Kimmel at the show, gamely posed for a photo with the late-night host, flipping him offthrough the sliced envelope.
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Unfortunately, several Twitter users missed the joke and jumped to LeBlancs defense by bashing Kimmel, who gladly recited their vitriol on air: Why dont you learn to show people the same respect you show animals, one user wrote. Can your stupid ass do that? Another informed Kimmel, Being a douchenozzle at someone elses expense. Then saying Sorry dude is still just being a douchenozzle.
Despite the traumatizing trolling, theexperience became the impetus fora liveiteration ofKimmels patented CelebritiesReadMean Tweets segment, which he will feature throughout the week.
Jeff Bridges took the stage first, provingthe Dude abides evena hater who believesthe actor isa crazy fucker and not in a cool way, just in a disturbed hobo shouting at sparrows and sidewalks way. Kirsten Bell followed, sporting a grin and strutting off camera after reading a vile missive suggesting her vagina is probably an Alcatraz for penis.
The esteemed Benedict Cumberbatch closed out the first night of live mean tweets, giggling his way through, If you find Benedict Cumberbatch attractive, Im guessing youd also quite enjoy staring directly at a cats anus. The actor, however, was not at a lost for words, cracking, Well someone did, and she put a ring on it.