Last summer, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was sweeping the nation, with celebrities and non-celebrities alike dousing themselves with buckets of ice water to support ALS.The cast and crew ofthis year’s highly-anticipatedStar Wars: The Force Awakenseven got in in the fun, with a slew of videos posted from the set byHarrison Ford,Peter Mayhew,Daisy Ridley,Oscar Isaac,Mark Hamilland directorJ.J. Abrams. This year, a new charitable sensation has arrived entitled “The Twizzler Challenge,” which supports autism awareness throughout the month of April, whichJ.J. Abramshas participated in, thanks toJimmy Kimmel.
On the April 1 episode ofJimmy Kimmel Live!, the host performed the Twizzler Challenge with his guestRihanna. Those who are challenged must submit a video showing them eating a Twizzler in the same fashion as the iconic spaghetti scene in the Disney animated classicLady and the Tramp. Like the Ice Bucket Challenge, each duo must challenge two more people, andJimmy Kimmelchallenged bothJ.J. Abramsand the wookie Chewbacca, and you can see what happens in the video below, which aired on last night’s episode ofJimmy Kimmel Live!. After completing his challenge,J.J. Abramschallenged bothJennifer AnistonandJimmy Kimmel Live!’s Guillermo Rodriguez.
The Twizzler Challenge actually started on Comedy Central’sNight of Too Many Stars, where a Twitter user challengedToday’s Willie Geist andOrange Is the New Black’s Uzo Aduba to re-enact the famousLady and the Trampscene on the telecast by using a Twizzler. Meredith Vieira then brought Willie Geist on her show to re-enact the scene again, calling it “The Twizzler Challenge,” in conjunction with New York Collaborates for Autism (NYCA), which raises funds to support autism schools, programs and services across the country. Check outJ.J. Abramsand Chewbacca’s video below, you’re able to find out more about the challenge and autism awareness at TwizzlerChallenge.org.
