It's Funny When Celebs Read Mean Tweets. Here's What Happens When Kids Read Them

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"Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" is one of Jimmy Kimmel's most popular segments. It's been spoofed here and there—even by ad agencies. But now, Canadian agency John St. takes the theme in a bit of a different direction with "Kids Read Mean Tweets."

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"It's easy to laugh at rich celebrities reading some of the terrible things people have said about them online. We condone it. We even revel in it," the advertiser, Canadian Safe School Network, said in a statement.

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