Anderson fury as Notre-Dame gets funds for children in need
MARSEILLE: Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson stormed out of a football fundraiser in Marseille after 100,000 euros were earmarked for firedamaged Notre-Dame rather than for children in the French port city.
Tuesday night’s gala, which was organised by Olympique Marseille, one of France’s most decorated football clubs, was flagged as a fundraiser for children in need.
But the decision to channel the sum (the equivalent of RM463,000) to Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, which was badly damaged by a huge fire early last week, drew a swift rebuke from Anderson on Wednesday.
“Last night we attended @ OM_Officiel annual Gala to help raise money for youth suffering in Marseille — full of good intentions while raising a meaningful amount of EUR for a great cause. Then ‘big surprise auction item’ came to raise money for rebuilding Notre Dame???” she wrote on Twitter.
“Surely the children suffering in Marseille could have used the 100,000 euros more than the church that has already received over a billion in donations by billionaires,” she railed.
“I hope they will reconsider
Surely the children suffering in Marseille could have used the 100,000 euros more than the church that has already received over a billion in donations by billionaires.
Pamela Anderson, actress
and give to where it is needed, to the community here in Marseille where it was intended. And would go much further in making lives better.”
The 51-year-old actress and model, who holds both US and Canadian citizenship, attended the fundraiser with her partner Adil Rami, an Olympique Marseille defender.
She also tweeted that “they raised almost twice as much money for the fabulous Bruce Springsteen guitar as they did all night for the kids. I was so angry, and disappointed. I asked Adil if we could leave. We did.” That tweet was later deleted.