Gerard Butler Pays a Kennedy 15K to Drop F-Bomb

I'm not sure how true this story is, but I'd drop 100 F-Bombs if Gerry would dare me 15K to do it. I could pay off a big chunk of my debt with that. The Kennedys don't need the money!

http://rumorfix.com/full-entry/2011/1/14/gerard-butler-pays-a-kennedy-15k-to-drop-f-bomb.html

Gerard Butler loves having a potty mouth so much that he paid a member of the socially-proper Kennedy clan to drop an F-bomb at an elegant Beverly Hills event Thursday night, RumorFix has learned exclusively.

The movie star attended Bvlgari's "Raise Your Hand For Education" event at the historic Green Acres owned by supermarket magnet Ron Burkle -- an event that brought out Demi Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Jared Leto, Ricky Martin, Adriane Brody and Derek and Julianne Hough.

Butler was so amused that Crash screenwriter Paul Haggis used profanities when speaking at the posh event that he wanted to hear more cussing.

So when "Save The Children's" Mark Kennedy Shriver spoke, the Bounty Hunter and a buddy challenged him to abandon his sophisticated upbringing and use the F-word for $15,000.

Although Shriver said "it would be inappropriate" and that his deceased mother, Eunice Kennedy, wouldn't approve, the 15K was enough for Shriver to go from clean to obscene.

This really sounds like it's made up. Certainly Gerry isn't that socially and mentally retarded. It sounds even too juvenille for him.

But this is from Rumor Fix - so who knows.

gerardbutler.net posted the story.....and they don't normally post gossip, I don't think.

Mr. Kennedy could have said "no"...especially given how rich that family is. If someone offered po folks like myself 15K it would be hard to pass up. But for a rich person, 15K is like pocket money. I certainly wouldn't do it for, say, 3 bucks.

DK, I think the money went to the charity, not Shriver.
It was during a charity auction.

I want to set up a charity for all of Butler's poor fans who have to put up with his antics and the antics of certain members of his fanclubs and/or websites. The charity would cover the mental anguish of those of us who have had to put up with not only Butler's antics, but the antics of those fans and anti-fans who stalk other fans on the internet, harass and/or ban them from their websites, browbeat and scold them for not wearing the rose-colored glasses, and being annoying in general.

He may make the check payable to The Butler's Pantry. I will divvy the funds out among us equally.

Because that's how I roll.

That being said, the Kennedys could afford to give 15K to charity without having to "disgrace" themselves by cursing at a posh event and pimping themselves out to Butler. It must not have bothered Kennedy that bad to do so, if indeed the story is true and he did it.

It's also being reported by the WSJ:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703959104576082173394919738.html

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Then, Mr. Shriver took to the stage again to auction a short trip for four, guided by himself, to watch Save the Children in action.

Mr. Butler and Mr. Kavanaugh interrupted his noble action.

"You want to donate 15 grand to hear me drop an F-bomb?" the very clean cut Mr. Shriver asked, astounded. "You've got to be kidding me. Is this on video? I might need a beer for this. Could somebody bring me one?"

Of course, Mr. Shriver complied, and Mr. Butler and Mr. Kavanaugh came through on their offer.

It's that red-haired guy's fault!

Red = danger. Bad news.

Variety blurb:

Quote :

It took $15,000 to get Save the Children managing director Mark Shriver (yes, he's one of those Shrivers) to "drop the F-bomb" at the Bulgari Gala on Thursday. It was just too much money for the kids, so he overcame his "Catholic guilt" and the cries from brother Tim Shriver (who yelled "we'll pay you not to do it") and threw one out at the elite gang assembled at Ron Burkle's palatial Beverly Hills estate.
Shriver followed honoree Paul Haggis, he of the Artists for Peace and Justice, to the stage, in the fantastical tented "library" set up for the A-list bash, which explained why the F-bomb was in play. Haggis was throwing them out like water as he urged the glittery crowd to contribute to that group's Haitian relief efforts, and it worked, as $100K was raised for four trips to that earthquake-torn country (the winners will go via Ryan Kavanaugh's private G4). That despite Maria Bello's roast of the Oscar-winning writer-director: "Paul Haggis is my hero, but I don't like to admit that because he is an ....!," she joked, letting go with an A-bomb.

Full article here:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030300

Hollywood is so unclassy. This is like something you would do at a redneck bar.

Eh, it's not a surprising story to me, coming from Gman, knowing his normal antics.

Yes, they swear, drink, smoke, have lots of sex, and probably other things unmentionable.

GB paid $15,000 for a f*ck!

LegoJulie wrote:

GB paid $15,000 for a f*ck!

From a Kennedy.

Um---Does that mean that he has political ambitions? (After all, It's worked before. )

LegoJulie wrote:

GB paid $15,000 for a f*ck!

It had to be said, Julie!

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Haggis was throwing them out like water ....

This is classless in itself. Wouldn't it set a tone to the event?

When your honoree is a cussing machine, your event ain't classy, no matter what you wear or serve.

True dat!