Country stars, country legends read mean tweets about themselves for Jimmy Kimmel

Country stars read mean tweets for Jimmy Kimmel Live

(Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

published 3 November 2016

Wednesday night was the Country Music Awards, so it was time for Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, and other country singers to step in front of Jimmy Kimmel's brick-wall set and read mean tweets about themselves for our pleasure, with REM playing in the background. This batch of mean tweets got a little vulgar (though still safe for work), and the musicians were either amused or annoyed as they read the critiques. The other members of Little Big Town thought the dig at Kimberly Schlapman's hair was pretty funny, for example. Brett Eldredge was just fine with being called inebriated-looking and Jana Kramer had a sassy response to being told she had a fake Texas accent, but most of the stars just laughed. 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.