Watch celebrities read real text messages from their moms for Jimmy Kimmel, Mother's Day

Gwyneth Paltrow reads a mom text — (Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Most moms "love to text — almost as much as they love to leave long voicemails," Jimmy Kimmel said on Thursday's Kimmel Live. For for the past few months, "we've been asking our celebrity guests to read real text messages from the women who brought them into this world," in preparation for Mother's Day. Among those reading "mom texts" are Gwyneth Paltrow, Will Arnett, Don Lemon, Emily Blunt, and Renee Zellweger. Elle Fanning really threw her mother into the shallow end, but SNL comedian Aidy Bryant's text might just give you mom envy. 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.