--- description: The heckling stopped once Texas governor started talking about decriminalizing marijuana title: Texas Governor Rick Perry Gets Booed On Jimmy Kimmel Live image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3653c77b8d991ed1/6986851ce8524b82d7601c77/getty1280.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [rick perry](/tag/rick-perry/) ## rick perry Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Texas Governor Rick Perry Gets Booed On _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 7:40 PM CUT  Randy Holmes—ABC/Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 7:40 PM CUT Texas Gov. Rick Perry was booed when he took the stage at ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Tuesday night at the South by Southwest conference in Austin. “We do know how to get it stirred up,” the Republican said as he sat down, presumably referring to Texans. The booing continued throughout the interview, until Perry mentioned decriminalizing marijuana – that prompted the crowd to cheer. When asked if he’d ever smoked marijuana himself, Perry responded, “No, thank God!” Kimmel also asked Perry whether he planned to run for president in 2016, after an unsuccessful attempt in 2012. “This is not the crowd that I want to make this announcement to,” Perry said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21651/texas-governor-rick-perry-gets-booed-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21651/texas-governor-rick-perry-gets-booed-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/"},"headline":"Texas Governor Rick Perry Gets Booed On Jimmy Kimmel Live","datePublished":"2014-03-12T19:40:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:43:43.187Z","description":"The heckling stopped once Texas governor started talking about decriminalizing marijuana","url":"https://time.com/21651/texas-governor-rick-perry-gets-booed-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/","keywords":["rick perry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3653c77b8d991ed1/6986851ce8524b82d7601c77/getty1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3653c77b8d991ed1/6986851ce8524b82d7601c77/getty1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Texas Governor Rick Perry on Jimmy Kimmel Live","caption":"Texas Governor Rick Perry on Jimmy Kimmel Live","creditText":"Randy Holmes—ABC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/rick-perry/","name":"rick perry"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/21651/texas-governor-rick-perry-gets-booed-on-jimmy-kimmel-live/","name":"Texas Governor Rick Perry Gets Booed On Jimmy Kimmel Live"}}]}] ```