--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Reads Mean Tweets About Pro Vaccination PSA: Video description: "People are taking a reasonable approach to this stuff" canonical: https://time.com/3729914/jimmy-kimmel-vaccination-tweets/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-03T15:54:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:57.595Z og:title: Watch Jimmy Kimmel Read Mean Tweets About Himself and His Pro-Vaccination Message og:description: "People are taking a reasonable approach to this stuff" og:url: https://time.com/3729914/jimmy-kimmel-vaccination-tweets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jimmy Kimmel Read Mean Tweets About Himself and His Pro-Vaccination Message twitter:description: "People are taking a reasonable approach to this stuff" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jimmy Kimmel Read Mean Tweets About Himself and His Pro-Vaccination Message by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 3, 2015 3:54 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 3, 2015 3:54 PM UTC Last week, Jimmy Kimmel [weighed in](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgpfNScEd3M) on the ongoing debate about whether or not people should vaccinate their children. (Spoiler alert: he’s very pro-vaccination.) He knew anti-vaxxers “probably aren’t going to take medical advice from a talk show host” so he invited several doctors onto the show to emphasis his point. On Monday’s night’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!,_ he revealed that his segment upset some people, many of whom were angry he did not present both sides of the issue. He said he won’t do that, “for the same reason I wouldn’t present both sides if a group of people decided that pancakes make you gay. They don’t. And there’s no point in discussing it.” So, with a nod to his popular “[Celebrities Read Mean Tweets](http://time.com/3693328/drake-katy-perry-lady-gaga-mean-tweets-jimmy-kimmel/)” segment, Kimmel read some angry tweets about himself. Then, Kimmel sent his “community activists” onto the streets to spread the message that the whole debate should come down to “a child’s right to choose.” _Read next:_ [_Watch Chris Pratt, Lena Dunham and Other Celebrities Read Mean Tweets About Themselves_](http://time.com/3599604/celebrities-read-mean-tweets-kimmel/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ### Photos: David Letterman’s Early Career  One of David Letterman's earliest roles before he made it as a television host was as a guest star on Mork & Mindy. CBS/Getty Images  Before he received his own show, Letterman was a regular guest host for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Above, he is seen interviewing Betty White. Paul Drinkwater—NBC/Getty Images  In 1980, Letterman finally got his own morning comedy show, The David Letterman Show. Above, he is seen interviewing Truman Capote. Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images  After the cancellation of his morning show, Letterman was given a new show and time slot, Late Night With David Letterman which immediately followed The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The first version of the Late Night franchise, debuted on February 1, 1982 and would eventually be succeeded by Conan O’Brien, seen above. Al Levine—NBC/Getty Images  Letterman left NBC for CBS to start the Late Show with David Letterman when NBC gave the reigns of The Tonight Show to Jay Leno instead of him after Johnny Carson's retirement. The first show debuted on August 30, 1993, with Letterman's retirement announced for 2015. 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