--- title: Watch Hugh Grant and More Read Mean Tweets About Themselves description: Ryan Gosling, Kate Hudson, and more get real with their Twitter haters, reading out the messages and finding the comic silver lining. canonical: https://time.com/4503496/ryan-gosling-mean-tweets/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-22T13:47:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:51.532Z og:title: Watch Hugh Grant and More Read Mean Tweets About Themselves og:description: It's time for another installment of the cringe-inducing Jimmy Kimmel segment. og:url: https://time.com/4503496/ryan-gosling-mean-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 Hugh Grant and More Read Mean Tweets About Themselves twitter:description: It's time for another installment of the cringe-inducing Jimmy Kimmel segment. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Hugh Grant, Paul Rudd, and Kate Hudson Read Mean Tweets About Themselves  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 22, 2016 1:47 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 22, 2016 1:47 PM UTC It’s become one of the classic segments of latenight television: _Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s_ [“mean tweets,”](http://time.com/4153209/jimmy-kimmel-mean-tweets-daniel-radcliffe-michael-jordan/?iid=sr-link1) the self-roasting phenomenon that is both cringeworthy and, ultimately, a reminder that some insults [are just plain funny.](http://time.com/3910534/nba-mean-tweets-kimmel/) During Wednesday night’s show, we got another installment of the crowd favorite, this time featuring heartthrobs like Hugh Grant, Paul Rudd, and Kate Hudson. Kate Hudson read her social media insult, “Kate Hudson is a dead eyed trash bag that smells like low tide,” while Paul Rudd read his even deeper dig: “Paul Rudd is the most boring vanilla dude. You know he just sits at home with his wife having a bland spaghetti dinner talking about his day,” which he thought was a laugh riot. Hugh Grant wasn’t quite as amused as others. Watch the clip to see how thick-skinned (or not) these celebrities really are. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4503496/ryan-gosling-mean-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4503496/ryan-gosling-mean-tweets/"},"headline":"Watch Hugh Grant, Paul Rudd, and Kate Hudson Read Mean Tweets About Themselves","datePublished":"2016-09-22T13:47:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:51.532Z","description":"Not everyone can take the heat","url":"https://time.com/4503496/ryan-gosling-mean-tweets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4503496/ryan-gosling-mean-tweets/","name":"Watch Hugh Grant, Paul Rudd, and Kate Hudson Read Mean Tweets About Themselves"}}]}] ```