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I would love to adopt one of those children. I know how hard it must be for them to be orphans.
I admire this move by Bravo. Admirable......
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Flavailicious,
Having adopted a child myself, I neither want to be a kill joy nor cynical but I wonder about this.
In principle it is a great thing to do but these activities are normally linked into sponsorship and endorsements and a wider agenda etc.
As long as he is present, if he has thus far fathered any children, then kudos to him as that is where it starts... with your own.
Many people do these things, on a large sustained scale, quietly without the press being there.
What has he actually done?
From the information he visited a orphanage!
Has he given something, made a donation, become a patron to raise funds... what has he done people?
Having adopted a child myself, I neither want to be a kill joy nor cynical but I wonder about this.
In principle it is a great thing to do but these activities are normally linked into sponsorship and endorsements and a wider agenda etc.
As long as he is present, if he has thus far fathered any children, then kudos to him as that is where it starts... with your own.
Many people do these things, on a large sustained scale, quietly without the press being there.
However one has to start somewhere!
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Agreed, But I still would love to adopt one. I know most times these things are done for publicity. However, I do hope there was at least a tiny bit of sincerity behind that move.