--- 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 > Sponsored content. 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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. 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