Oscars 2017: Casey Affleck, Emma Stone, Natalie Portman and Samuel L Jackson read out trolls' abuse of them during Academy Awards

Winners: Casey Affleck, right, and Emma Stone, second left, were amongst the stars who read out abuse they had received online
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Jason Collie27 February 2017
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Oscar nominees including Casey Affleck, Emma Stone and Natalie Portman read out rude messages about themselves in a special Mean Tweets segment of the Academy Awards ceremony.

The Hollywood stars read abusive messages that had been written about them on Twitter, with Stone reading: "Emma Stone looks like a crack whore in every role she plays."

Affleck read: "Casey Affleck is the real life version of Billy Bob Thornton's character in Sling Blade."

Mean Tweets is a popular segment of Kimmel's late night talk show, when stars have to read cruel online criticisms.

Samuel L Jackson kept a straight face as he read: "Samuel L Jackson has resting fart face" while Jessica Chastain was left baffled by the tweet: "I'm gong to white balance my TV on Jessica Chastain's chest," adding: "I don't know what that means!"

Other stars to read out mean messages in the segment included Eddie Redmayne, Miles Teller, Ryan Gosling, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Bridges and Robert De Niro.

Additional reporting by the Press Association

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