Colin Farrell is a better person than you

September 13, 2007 | Filed Under Colin Farrell

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We’ve covered Colin Farrell and his philanthropic activities in the past, but today a story from Toronto broke about the former Hollywood bad boy and it’s just amazing… you need to read it to believe it. From CTV:

Colin Farrell usually plays the hero in Hollywood films, but the Irish actor became a real-life hero to a homeless man in Toronto this week.

On Tuesday, Farrell took the man on a $2,100 shopping spree. The actor, who told CTV’s eTalk that the homeless man is “a friend of mine,” walked into a Toronto store with his arm around his pal. He then bought the man, whose street name is “Stress,” waterproof jackets, pants, boots, and even socks.

“The homeless guy was grabbing … whatever he wanted,” Dave Mott, manager of Europe Bound, an outdoor gear store on King Street, told CTV Toronto.

“Colin was walking around with the guy and doing the same thing — grabbed a sleeping bag and back pack, came back down and grabbed more clothing.”

Mott told CTV Newsnet that “they seemed like they were really good friends and they were best buddies, like they’ve known each other for years.”

Mott says Farrell made it absolutely clear: “Get him what he wants, get him the best.”

But that’s not all. Farrell also tried to help “Stress” get off the street. Following the shopping spree, the two friends walked to a bank machine where Farrell withdrew $830. Farrell then handed “Stress” the money so he could rent a room to get off the street. It would help the man cover first and last month’s rent.

Farrell met “Stress” four years ago when he was in Toronto shooting a movie. Back then, he helped “Stress” win a $2,000 prize. A Toronto-area radio station had offered the prize to anyone who brought the actor to their studio. Farrell heard about the contest and found “Stress” on the street and took him to the station to claim the prize.

Steven Lomoth, a Toronto street person who sells newspapers, told CTV Toronto he was happy for Stress and impressed with Farrell’s generosity.

“Today I can’t buy enough papers. I’ve been through 50 papers already because of Colin Farrell and what he did. He made someone famous today and he’s one of us. I’m very happy for the man and I hope he doesn’t come back out here.”

John Mourtzis, the limousine driver who was chauffeuring Farrell on the day he took Stress shopping, said it shows what kind of a person he really is.

“He proved he’s an awesome guy,” Mourtzis said.

No shit. Not only is he an awesome guy, he’s a total rarity in the celebrity world. It would be great if more of these celebrity idiots would pull their heads out of their asses long enough to see that their fame and fortune is a gift that they can use to make the world a much better place. And the best part? The guy doesn’t do it for the press. If you recall it took us YEARS to even hear about the school he donated a ton of money to in South America.

Colin, you’ve really turned yourself around man. Hopefully you will be a role model for the other 95% of these celebrity assholes.

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Colin Farrell donated $100,000 to a Uruguayan school and gasp didn’t do it for the media attention

July 31, 2007 | Filed Under Colin Farrell

colin farrell is a very nice man

Colin Farrell is apparently much more of a humanitarian than you, me, or anyone else has ever thought of him. Celebslam dropped the good word today that the former Hollywood badass donated $100,000 to a Uruguayan school in 2005 and word only recently got around about it:

Apparently Colin Farrell donated $100,000 to this Uruguayan school to help buy computers, new toilets, and other stuff, way back in December of 2005 but the news only recently surfaced. In other words, he didn�t issue an immediate press release *cough*angelinajolie*cough*. If you�re scoring at home, that makes Colin Farrell better than all of us. Especially you. What, you don�t think I know about that one thing you did that one night back in college? Gross man, just gross.

Just imagine all of the good that could come about if only most “celebrities” (Hi Lindsay!!) donated 10% of the time they waste on being complete shitheads to doing something positive like this for the world.

Then again, who would keep us filled with entertaining stories of cute young girls flushing their lives down the toilet? Here’s a few more of Colin showing the kids a good time. Amazing… positive news on here for once.