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The Gift Of Publicity

[Blind Gossip] Plenty of celebrities do charitable things around the holidays.

Some of them make monetary donations. Some make donations of supplies. Some show up and do volunteer work.

The thing that is really fascinating to us is which ones contribute in a quiet way versus those who feel compelled to publicize their contribution.

An example of the latter is this thirsty couple, consisting of a TV actor from a famous acting family and his TV personality wife.

They did a nice thing by personally giving some money to a regular working person. At the time, they pretended that they were doing it quietly and walking away.

Ha! That quiet act of kindness lasted all of five minutes.

They simply could not keep that moment to themselves!

They jumped on social media to crow about their good deed.

They had a publicist contact the media to write articles about their gift.

They contacted the person they gave the money to let them know how to talk to the media about this.

So, all in all, it seems that the charitable gift… was really a gift of publicity to themselves!

By the way, in case you are wondering just how generous the gift was, allow us to help with the math. We did a quick calculation using the couple’s approximate net worth. The gift represents .000083% of their net worth.

To put that in perspective, if you earn $50,000 a year, that would be the equivalent of you giving someone $4.15.

Four dollars and fifteen cents.

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[Optional] What do you think about them seeking publicity for their gift? Generous or self-serving?

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  5. elphie says

    Donnie Wahlberg and his wife Jenny
    1st thing I thought of when saw them posting all about his 2020 tip to the ihop server….there are a lot of ‘celebs’ that do things and request that they stay anonymous … 1 in particular in Seattle

  9. Gossipgirl89 says

    Donnie Wahlberg, New Kids on the Block, & his wife left a tip of $2,020 tip at an Illinois IHOP.

  15. grey.jade says

    Jenny McCarthy and Donny Wahlburg
    Optional – absolutely self serving. People donā€™t usually brag about a genuine act of kindness

  19. Deadpool says

    Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Walhberg.
    She posted about leaving a $2,020 tip to a server at Waffle House.

  21. doughnuthole says

    Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy.

    Honestly, I donā€™t care that they sought publicity over it, or that itā€™s just a fraction of their net worth. It was a generous act and more people with extreme wealth should do the same.

  22. Monysmom says

    Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy – self-serving and shows they are desperate to remain in the public eye and somehow relevant – because really, what worthy work has either done lately?

  24. coey17 says

    Donnie Wahlberg and jennie McCarthy

    I think it was both. It was self serving but in the end, the waitress still got her money.

  25. mmssjj18 says

    Oh no I hope itā€™s not Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin
    I worked with her for a season she was really nice / down to earth, seemed genuine

  28. theotherwoman says

    Donnie Wahlberger and Jennie McCarthy.
    Iā€™d love for someone to share their wealth like that, but like the blind says, the $2020 tip was basically nothing to them.
    He doesnā€™t seem like the self serving type to me and sheā€™s been pretty low key too (I think) so who knows?

  31. FiyahHotFlashy says

    Couple: Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy

    [Optional] What do you think about them seeking publicity for their gift? Generous or self-serving? Self-serving

  32. Yitty Bossy says

    Donnie and Jenny. Douchey move….but if it gets more people to be generous like this then I guess everyone wins.

  35. omgimbackagain says

    Mark Wahlberg or whoever that was with the 2020 tip.

    Iā€™ve always been taught that if you do it for some kind of public glory, it doesnā€™t ā€œcount,ā€ and I believe that.

  37. redstilettos says

    Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg. It’s still a nice gesture. I’m sure that waitress was happy.

  40. Netties says

    Wahlberg and Macarthy

    So many people on you tube and TV (Ellen anyone) do this now for exposure. I’m glad people are being given these gifts more than I’m upset at those trying to benefit from it.

  42. Steffy44 says

    Totally Bill Gates and his Christmas secret Santa ploy. If he needs the publicity to feel whole…whatever.

  48. TruePatriot says

    Really haven’t a clue except to think this is Alec Baldwin and his wife.

    Looking forward to everyone’s answers!

  49. beachchick218 says

    Wahlberg and McCarthy.
    Their tip is a lot of money for a server. Kudos to their generosity.

    The back-slapping and high-fiving themselves is beyond tacky.

  50. SouthJerseyGirl says

    I don’t know who this is, but when I saw that Bill Gates gave the Alzheimer’s Association $10 Million I was impressed, until I did the math. He is worth $110 BILLION! That’s .1% or if he was worth $100,000, it would like donating $100.

  55. Honey16 says

    Don’t know the couple

    $4.15!!!

    If I were the recipient of that $, ain’t no way I’m talking to the media. Never ungrateful but nope.

  56. chica1984 says

    Mark Wahlberg Jenny McCarthy

    Hate the publicity. Real charity doesn’t need (public) acknowledgement. We had a major baseball player who routinely did good deeds, and it wasn’t made public until he retired. That’s how you do it.

  61. Matron says

    Mark Wahlberg and his wife.

    If you want to give a generous tip, do so. Bragging about how generous you are really cheapens the act of generosity.