Jimmy Kimmel asks to lie to kids and record cries - True
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“Jimmy Kimmel asks his viewers to lie to their kids to make them cry and videotape it.”
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Jimmy Kimmel’s annual Halloween segment instructs viewers to tell their children they have eaten their candy, record the children’s upset reactions, and submit the videos for broadcast. This practice has been documented repeatedly since 2011.
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Telling children lies to make them cry and throw tantrums (not to mention recording this and sharing it with the public without their consent) shows problems with the adults and not the children.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Wikipedia
Starting in 2011, every Halloween, Kimmel asks his viewers to take away their children's Halloween candy, videotape their kids' reactions once they tell their kids that they ate their Halloween candy, and post it on YouTube with the respective hashtag. Once his team has compiled all the YouTube videos, he airs them on his broadcast days later. These segments ...
- “Hey Jimmy Kimmel, I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy” is not funny, it’s sick
Most of these kids are very young—toddlers, even. Congratulations, Jimmy Kimmel. Six years of encouraging parents to lie to their kids and making children cry, all for your audience’s entertainment.
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