Stars Raise Relief Funds at Larry King Telethon

Paula Abdul, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, Diddy and Ryan Seacrest are only a handful of celebrities who participated in Larry King's Haiti telethon last night to raise money for Haitian relief efforts.

larry king paula abdul jennifer lopez ryan seacrest
The stars manned the phones as viewers called-in to donate funds. "To come here and see people call in from across the United States -- it was awesome," J.Lo tells "Extra."

The two-hour relief event raised a whopping $9 million for the Red Cross and UNICEF.

"It's just so overwhelming," Abdul says of the outpouring of support for the quake victims. "Walking inside and seeing everyone's who there manning the phones -- it's just heartfelt."

The former "Idol" judge adds, "It was wonderful to raise so much money and quickly -- quickly we were raising money."

Paula is auctioning off a one-of-a-kind Michael Jackson book, while Diddy had another auction idea. "We're going to sell your suspenders for $5,000 a pair," he told Larry King.

Bid on the Michael Jackson book here!

Horrifying images from the devastation in Haiti moved King, who describes the fundraising effort as "incredible."

Seacrest agreed, saying, "I saw images of little kids on the streets who could be saved and helped if they had things and resources and doctors and water."

Find out how you can help the victims of the Haitian quake with charitable donations by clicking here.

See how other stars give back below:

alicia keys
comments

Come ooOON - you showed the picture of Jared Leto on Extra today (1-19-10) who was helping raise money for Haiti but do not mention his name!
Jared Leto is very talented, has a lot of fans and Extra just ignores him. I for one want to hear more about him.
And I do not care to hear anything about J Lo. Unless you want to tell us more about how she wears and uses animal fur on her clothing line.
Regardin other post, I’m happy to donate as much as possible to people of Haiti but I also donate to American Vererans.

Bev
January 19, 2010

Amazing how fast money can be raised, and when it comes to OUR Veterans - whom without them none of us would be here - NOTHING. Our Veterans Administration is a complete scam. Veterans who served cannot get a dime, but someone like McCain, who has so much money he could never spend it all, receives $35,000/year from the VA. Let’s get it together people - I am all for helping out others, but what about U.S. taxpaying citizens who have served?

Me
January 19, 2010
post comment


(not displayed)


Back to Top »