Country music stars read mean tweets about themselves for Jimmy Kimmel

Country music stars read mean tweets for Jimmy Kimmel

(Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

published 5 November 2015

The Country Music Awards were Wednesday night, and to celebrate, Jimmy Kimmel put together a special country musician version of his "Mean Tweets" series. The twittersphere didn't disappoint, mostly. As always, the reaction of the musicians is what makes the video work, and most of the stars were good-natured about the mean things Kimmel's crew picked out for them. Carrie Underwood's tweet was just confusing, Rascal Flatts was hilarious, and the one for Chris Young was legitimately mean. But come on, Team Kimmel: You couldn't find any tweets about Willie Nelson that were legitimately mean? #EverbodyLovesWillie Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.