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An open letter to celebrities, athletes in the wake of hurricane Harvey

Dear Celebrites and Athletes,
In case you didn’t notice there’s a major disaster in Texas that need your help.  No, we don’t need you to stage a stupid Telethon or a relief concert that is funded by us regular folks. No.  It’s time for you big shots to put your money where your mouth is and stop being such big hypocrites.
The following is a list of celebrities that LIVE or are FROM Texas ( according to chron.com) Where are you to help your fellow #texan? And even if the list is wrong, where are you anyway?
Sandra Bullock- Update ** donated a $1 million dollars *
Lance Armstrong
Kevin Costner
Matthew McConaughey
Tommy Lee Jones
The Jonas Brothers
Willie Nelson
AND then there are RICH celebrities that could donate a $1million dollars and that wouldn’t even burn a hole in their pockets. Those are:
Jay-Z and Beyonce Update ** Reportedly Beyonce has donated $7 million dollars **
Dr. Dre.
Sean Combs
Madonna
Jimmy Buffet
Lady Gaga Update: donated
Drake Update: donated
Justin Timberlake
Matt Damon
Tom Hanks
Tom Cruise
Dwayne Johnson Update: donated $25,000
Julia Roberts
Jessica Alba
Samuel L. Jackson
Ellen DeGeneres  Update: donated $50,000 plus her show donated $25,000
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
George Clooney
AND there are RICH CORPORATIONS that can easily #donate and help. Some of them are stationed in Texas.
Exxon Mobil
AT&T
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
JcPenney
Apple
Microsoft
Google
Pfizer
Ford
General Motors
WHAT ABOUT THE SPORTS TEAMS AND ATHLETES that call Texas home?
So far, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, Houston Texans, have donated. What about Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars and the Dallas Mavericks? JJ Watt organized a donation but where’s HIS money? Why is he getting regular people to donate? Did he donate anything that he is organizing at all?
( ** UPDATE: JJ Watt has donated 100k for the donation that he set up.**)
Of course we all heard about the biggest hypocrite Joel Osteen and him not opening his church to help those in his community. He only preaches about God, helping one another and loving each other. He just opened his church because of the backlash on social media, sorry, but that doesn’t count.
Update: Former “Bachelor” star Sean Lowe borrowed a boat and went down to Houston to lend a helping hand. ( I added this to the piece because it’s a positive from the Bachelor show that I am always ripping into)
I am SICK AND TIRED of these celebrities and greedy athletes that don’t STEP IT UP when the fans that support them NEED THEM in time of crisis! Kudos to Kevin Hart for calling out his fellow celebrities and kudos to the Karadashians, Jennifer Lopez, A-Rod, and Chris Young, for putting their money where their mouth is. I have more respect for you now.
 Let’s stop supporting celebrities who don’t support us when we need the help. It’s time for them to go the distance. It’s time for them to walk the talk.
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Why I Won’t Be Watching The Oscars Tomorrow Night

All year long, celebrities crave attention. No matter where they go or what they do, it’s always about them. Usually at Oscar time, we have to watch them give speeches about how hard it was making a particular movie. But now instead we have to watch them give speeches hating on the President, all because they are sore losers. Yes, it’s that dreaded time of year: award season. And to top it all off, Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel says Hillary Clinton may be making a cameo appearance at the award show to tickle the fancy of the little snowflakes.

Awards shows are NOT the place to voice your political opinions. Has it ever occurred to these selfish and ignorant Hollywood elites that maybe America would like a break from politics and be entertained NOT lectured?

I for one, will be boycotting the Oscars. #NotMyOscars

When the Hollywood elites open up their guest or pool houses to a refugee family, then I will listen to what they have to say. Simply talking about it or writing a check from their million dollar homes is meaningless. Celebrities have thousands at their elite parties and their celebrity chef prepared dinners and yet they NEVER give any of that to the illegal aliens they claim to want sanctuary given too — they only want them to be their servants, to mow their lawns, clean their houses, be nannies to their kids, and serve their wine. There’s nothing worse than racism and sexism cloaked in kindness.  Here’s the definition of a Hypocrite: The celebrities will start whining about all the refugees in their speeches and how this country was founded while they are wearing a dress or suit that sells for thousands of dollars and famous designer jewelry worth even more. And what’s even worse is, all these elites will give a big speech about hate, when they are ones doing the hating! We don’t need Hollywood but Hollywood needs us, and right now, I just don’t care anymore.  

So here in a nutshell is my advice to the Hollywood Elites for tomorrow: Smile, accept your professional accolades and get off the damn stage and your political high horses. Donald Trump is the President. Accept it and move on. Stop acting like a big baby because you didn’t get your way. Put on your big boy and girl pants and show some respect for the Office of the President. Be the example for the fans who put you in your position of fame by going to your movies in the first place.

Hollywood used to be glamorous and everyone wanted to be a movie star. After hearing and seeing all these stars over the past year, not anymore.