'Deal or No Deal' fans raise £6,000 for charity after Jimmy Carr loss
Published Apr 10 2012, 18:04 BST | By Daniel Sperling
Deal or No Deal viewers have raised thousands of pounds for a hospice after Jimmy Carr won the charity just £750 on the programme's first celebrity special.The comedian played the Channel 4 gameshow on behalf of Helen & Douglas House, which provides support for young adults with life-shortening conditions and their families.
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After his episode aired on Easter Sunday, Carr took to Twitter and urged fans to make up for his loss by donating to the charity.
"Please give generously - #celebdond," he wrote. "Or as Bob Geldof would say Give us your *uckin' money..."
As followers crashed the Helen & Douglas House website in their rush to give money, he added: "Thanks to everyone who donated to Helen & Douglas House after watching me get my ass handed to me by The Banker on Deal or No Deal."
Carr returned to Twitter this afternoon (April 10) and revealed that over £6,000 had been raised so far off the back of his Celebrity Deal or No Deal stint.
The 8 out of 10 Cats host could have taken a maximum of £14,000 from his game.
> 'Deal or No Deal' - The Banker interview
If C4 just give them the money whatever the outcome there is no point in the show! Maybe Jimmy can make up the other £8000 from all that tax money he never put back into the economy.
June 21st 2012 at 2:00am
If Channel 4 had actually been decent they would of let him have the money even though he lost it. Im sick of all this banker rubbish.
June 19th 2012 at 3:59pm
I'm sure he would. I think people would be even more annoyed if he started gloating about how much he donates.
April 10th 2012 at 8:56pm
Yet with all his money he couldn't chuck a huge wad in?
April 10th 2012 at 6:35pm(+1 like)