The worst people on the internet were featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live! once again.
The ABC late-night program aired its popular "Mean Tweets" segment Monday, but this time, there were no actors or musicians involved. Instead, Jimmy Kimmel delivered a "College Football Playoff Edition." The latest group of Twitter victims included Florida State University head coach Jimbo Fisher, University of Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich, Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Brady Hoke and University of Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly, plus ESPN's Lee Corso, Heather Cox, Rece Davis, Chris Fowler, Lou Holtz, Desmond Howard, Mark May, Jesse Palmer, Tim Tebow and Scott Van Pelt.
So, just how does Jimmy Kimmel Live! get famous folks to read mean tweets?
"A lot of people, when they book the show, will ask, 'My client would like to read a mean tweet,'" Molly McNearney, the host's wife and Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s co-head writer, explained to Vanity Fair in 2014.
Nearly every guest who appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! is taped reading a few mean tweets. The best bits are compiled for future airings. "We have right now probably 40 tweets that haven't been seen yet," McNearney said. "It's a real science of combining them for the right package every couple of months."
The first installment of "Mean Tweets" aired in 2012, and since then, everyone from Kobe Bryant to Gwyneth Paltrow has participated in the recurring bit. "The truth of the matter is, most of these people would never say these things to a celebrity's face," McNearney said. "And yet, they're willing to put it on the internet for thousands of people to read, millions of people sometimes, and I think it's cowardly." The mission of "Mean Tweets" is twofold: "to shine the light on the ugliness and cowardice of the trolls on the internet," she said, and "to show that these celebrities have a sense of humor about themselves."