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Jimmy Kimmel invites celebrities to read mean tweets about themselves, again

Celebrities honor Twitter's upcoming sixth birthday with a little self deprecating humor.
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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel departs the Kennedy Center Honors reception at the White House on December 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Kennedy Center Honors recognized seven individuals - Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant - for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts. UPI/Brendan Hoffman/Pool
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel departs the Kennedy Center Honors reception at the White House on December 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. The Kennedy Center Honors recognized seven individuals - Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, Natalia Makarova, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant - for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts. UPI/Brendan Hoffman/Pool 
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Updated Jan. 9, 2013 at 2:07 PM
Published: Jan. 9, 2013 at 1:05 PM

In honor of Twitter's upcoming 6th birthday, and because the revolutionary social networking tool has become "the number one way to insult celebrities," Jimmy Kimmel's first show starting at 11:35 p.m. (and not at his usual midnight time-slot) began with a segment in which celebrities sat down to read mean tweets about themselves out loud. Take a look,

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