The Whaleman Foundation’s motto is “Bringing whales and mankind together to preserve and protect our world.” Is it just me, or have the humans being doing all the heavy lifting so far? I think it’s time for the cetacean creatures to start pulling their considerable weight.
Hayden Panettiere might disagree, since she spent last night hosting a benefit for the Whaleman group (not to be confused with the Blue Man Group, another truly deserving charity). JustJared has a photo gallery of Hayden looking all hostess-y with Eva Longoria, another noted marine scientist.
But while the “Heroes” starlet is busy raising bucks for needy baleines (I wonder if they served beluga caviar — wouldn’t that be ironic…), apparently she’s not all that fond of needy people.
Hayden Panettiere proved to be not so heroic to a San Diego homeless man panhandling at the Comic-Con event she was attending.
While the Heroes cutie was outside taking a break, a homeless man approached her and asked for some change. When Hayden reached into her purse and realized the smallest bill she had was a twenty, she asked him if he could break it!
“When he said no, she apologized and assured him that she would find him later,” the source says.
I’m sure Hayden spent her entire afternoon looking for a homeless guy outside Comic-Con, desperately seeking a home for a quarter or two. Actually, she probably told her assistants what the guy looked like and had them find him: “He’s, like, really yucky looking, and he has horrible skin, and he never moisturizes. And that hair! Oh… my… God… Tell him he has got to save up for an Aveda cleanse.”
You stay classy, cheerleader!
I dunno if that’s hypocritical so much as clueless. I wouldn’t want to give a $20 either, but it’s pretty out of touch to ask for change from a homeless guy.
She’s in contract to a popular show; she can’t spare $20 bucks for the guy?
Also: thanks for laugh provided by photo.
Oh geez, I have to (somewhat) agree with her. The city I live in has a burgeoning homeless population and some of the homeless are becoming ever more aggressive. In this same city, there are 17 square meals provided at any of the shelters daily. (That’s 3 meals per day, everyday, per person, per shelter) So begging for money doesn’t sit well with me as these people are certainly not starving. So unless they are wanting to purchase an expensive piece of art or saving for that elusive first and last month’s rent, then I am suspicious of what my hard-earned money might be used for.
I would disagree with her tactic though, it’s bad enough to be homeless and she could have been a little more sympathetic.
F*ck the homeless guy. He probably would have just taken whatever money Hayden gave him and spent it on rotgut liquor. Never, ever, give spare change to a panhandler. Most of them are just playing people who work for a living for suckers.
I just don’t give money to guys on the street, period. If they’re not scam artists, they’re using the money to help fund their cigarettes, drugs, and/or alcohol. When I worked in Washington, D.C. I would see the same panhandlers every single day at the same locations, begging for money. Obviously these guys have a work ethic but they prefer to remain “self-employed” and mooch off of the office drones instead.
No, serving beluga caviar would not be ironic, because beluga caviar comes from Beluga sturgeons, which are fish, and not from Beluga whales.
D’oh! Sorry — that was fishful thinking on my part. Sorry to be such a clownfish.
I agree with the idea that you should not give money to the homeless. Most who will ask are usually scamming you for money to buy drugs and alcohol. As much as I like to love my fellow man, their free choice and blah blah blah, I don’t need to help them contribute to their addiction. Instead, I give to organizations that will help the community.
Has anyone ever seen Season 2 Extras? This is basically a scene out of there where the main character, Andy, who is a bit of a tool, asks for change from a homeless man. Andy has just made it big on a show after struggling for a long time. He can afford to give the homeless man the whole bill, but he refuses and looks like a bigger tool than normal.
A way to avoid looking totally lame, for future reference, is to just say, “No, I don’t have any change.” End of conversation.
Shhh! Guys be quiet! Don’t get her started. My way of saving the whales is by eating the homeless. If she finds out, thats all over. I can’t afford steak!
Ever been to GenCon in Indy?? They have a circuit of “homeless” people who hang around the event day and night begging for money and each year there are more. After you get the same speil 20 times a day it tends to cause you to lose your sympathy.
Let me get this straight, Hayden Pantierre takes a break from the madness of Comic-Con to go outside and since she is a Heroes superstar, she doesn’t have any sort of security to keep the Heroes fanboys or riff raff away but is in some secluded spot where she is found out by a homeless person who asks her for some loose change?
This is right up there with Elton John (or that legendary high school cheerleader) getting his stomach pumped after swallowing a gallon of cum (or blowing the entire football team, take your pick).
Why save the whales?? why not save the children or something like that?
PS:Not every homeless person is a drug addict ,con artist or alcoholic, I knew a lawyer that after he got divorced and lost everything he ended being homeless
Right. Some of them are former TV starlets.
Save some money, Hayden. It’s a short ride.
lawyer/drug addict, whats the difference?
Screw the homeless. GET A JOB.
Well I suppose being on the street he wouldn’t object to taking anything from her arse
When you have money do you solely use that money for food?
Or rent?
I know you can judge that some people are just going to use it for booze or whatever, but maybe they have other things they need to support? Like, medication or finding shelter for the night, or all those little things we all may need during the course of the day.
I’d also like to point out that I hate this site that is supposed to be advocating human rights, or…whatever this site is supposed to be advocating, but I see blatant sexism strewn all across this city.
PETA IS SKETCHY, PERIOD.
Why does it matter that some big name person is supposed to be marketing for it?
Thats why PETA reel in people like Pamela and what not, it’s a cult.
Who cares if she is a hypocrite? Look deeper into what this actual organization represents.
What kind of tabloid is this?
I wouldn’t call it hypocritical so much as I would call her actions tasteless. We all have our pet causes, and obviously, the homeless is not one of hers. I have mixed feelings about the whole homeless issue myself, but I wouldn’t dangle out a 20 either and ask for change. Talk about adding insult to injury.
As regards those who say “get a job” I’ve been looking for over a month and have averaged more than 5 apps a week but in Dayton OH there are only jobs if U want to flip burgers or - if you have a technical degree - if U think helping the Pentagon build more weapons would be fun…altho I have varied experience and technical training I’ve still got nothing…I wonder how loudly all the nice folks will cry for help when it’s THEIR turn???
Thank you, smiley.
Beluga sturgeon are listed as endangered, however, which caused the price of beluga caviar to go up, and thus, I am sure, increased its desirability in the eyes of some soon to be homeless Hollywood starlets.
But it doesn’t really taste that good. Just skip it and go for the vodka…
birdee-
If you hate this site, why are you on here? Also, I could be wrong but I don’t think at any point anywhere, anything on this site said the slightest thing about this being a human rights site. It’s called Deceiver…I’m pretty sure it’s about pointing out celebrity hypocrisy. Also not sure how this site is to blame for sexism in “this city.”
Hypocrisy is largely a matter of judgment, but it’s not a human rights issue. If you want to protest sexism, there are plenty of good sites about that. But maybe you want to stay away from entertainment-gossip oriented blogs if you want pure, no tongue-in-cheek advocation of your favorite issues.
Sisyphus says: “I’ve been looking for over a month and have averaged more than 5 apps a week but in Dayton OH there are only jobs if U want to flip burgers or - if you have a technical degree - if U think helping the Pentagon build more weapons would be fun…altho I have varied experience and technical training I’ve still got nothing…I wonder how loudly all the nice folks will cry for help when it’s THEIR turn???”
Well, gosh … I can’t imagine why U can’t find a job altho U clearly know how to communicate, and U don’t mind working any job that matches Ur skillz, even if it’s working for Ur government.
I think helping the Pentagon build weapons would be more fun than you could imagine. Check it out…
(From cute girl) “Where do you work?”
(You)I’m an IT specialist that blah, blah blah cubicle, someday office blah, blah on, and on, blah.
Or…
(From cute girl) “Where do you work”
(You) I BUILD WEAPONS FOR THE PENTAGON!!!!!!!
The only cooler possibility would be if you were an actual ocean going pirate.
I’m just sayin’.
Pastafarian- it would also be cooler to be a ninja, but a cool ninja wouldn’t talk about it.
Other than that, the picture of Hayden digging in her drawers is just disturbing.
Just say no to CRACK, Miz Panny!