If there’s one thing celebrities love, it’s being praised for helping the less fortunate. But as the New York Post discovered, just because a famous person talks about helping people, that doesn’t mean the money you send in is being used wisely:

• Wyclef Jean’s charity, Yele Haiti, hasn’t filed a tax return since 2000, and nobody’s quite sure where the money is going. Also, Wyclef himself owes over $180,000 in income tax. Apparently, owing taxes doesn’t matter if you support Obama. Yes We Can… Evade Taxes!
• George Clooney’s Darfur charity, Not On Our Watch, has accepted gobs of cash from a quasi-legal Internet gambling venture off the shore of England called Rational Services Limited. Ocean’s Ill-Gotten!
• Tyra Banks started the TZONE Foundation to help disadvantaged girls, but the only ones taking advantage of Tyra’s charity are the employees. More of the cash they’ve raised has gone to themselves than to the people they’re supposedly helping. America’s Top Fraudsters!
• Bono’s charity is called One. As in chartering One plane for almost $300,000, and spending almost $10,000 on tickets for One U2 concert. Where the Balance Sheets Have No Name!
• If you think Larry King’s interviews insult your intelligence, you should take a look at his charity’s books. His Cardiac Foundation employs his own son for $200,000, and in 2006 it racked up $2.3 million in expenses. Lake of fire, you’re on the line!

But hey, at least they’re doing something, right?

(Hat tip to Deceiver superfriend Pastafarian)