As everyone knows, part of the Faustian bargain of fame is that, in exchange for extreme wealth and adoration, celebrities also have to deal with haters. Sure, you get paid ridiculous sums of money, get lots of free stuff and date other attractive people, but you also have to put up with the vitriol. That’s why so many famous folks surround themselves with an entourage of sycophants: to shield them from the nastiness.
However on Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel subjected a few of his celebrity guests to the full wrath of the Internet. The purported idea of the segment was to teach the public that celebrities have feelings too -- “What you don’t’ see when you send a nasty tweet is it can actually cause pain,” Kimmel explained – but what it really did was allow stars like Zooey Deschanel, Katy Perry and Snooki to show their self-deprecating sides.
