Thursday 26 March 2020

Cutting Celebrities Some Slack

For every bad guy we hear of forcing their employees to come into work during a pandemic (Sports Direct's Mike Ashley and Wetherspoons Tim Martin) who i hope we will all remember when this is all over, there are plenty of good guys who are donating time and money, everyone of the 1.4 million NHS Staff and workers in essential roles keeping the country ticking over and the 500,000+
volunteers to support vulnerable people, every single one a bloody hero.  
In the world of celebrities there are some big names giving something back and each of these deserve a pay on the back also. 
Angelina Jolie has donated $1m to a charity to provide meals for children from low-income families across the US while schools are closed and Rihanna has donated $5m towards around the world.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have donated $1m to help provide food for older people and low-income families and tennis star Roger Federer has donated 1m Swiss francs for vulnerable families and Arnold Schwarzenegger has matched it with $1m towards the relief effort while Lady Gaga is donating 20% of from her profits from her HAUS line to support food banks and Gwyneth Paltrow has donated $100,000 to help health workers.
Justin Bieber has donated £23,500 to a children's charity in China, Donatella Versace has given €200,000 to the intensive care department at a Milan hospital and Kristen Bell's $150,007.96 is going to a Children's charity.
Stars including Ariana Grande and Justin Timberlake have also pledged donations to a range of good  causes while Man City's Pep Guardiola has donated €1m and  Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has been preparing food parcels for the vulnerable and Elton John, Billie Eilish and Mariah Carey have organised a living room gig to raise funds.
I am sure that there are more celebrities donating time and money and we should remember the selflessness next time one of them acts a diva or does something to rile us and at least cut them some slack as they have some some well deserved credit in the bank.
As for the likes of Mike Ashley and Tim Martin, you really do hope karma is a thing.

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