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Al-Gormand criticised for lining his own pockets after £3,300/minute green speech | ||||
2007-12-10 | ||||
![]() Red Dawg, I hear she like spanking and says 'no' a lot! :-) Al Gore has come under fire for making personal gain from his mission to save the planet – after charging £3,300 a minute to deliver a poorly received speech. What? Were they all scientists or something? The former American Vice-President was also accused of being "precious" at the London event, demanding his own VIP room and ejecting journalists, despite hopes the star-studded gathering would generate publicity for the fight against global warming.
The glittering fundraiser was held in The Royal Courts of Justice and attracted world leaders, entrepreneurs and celebrity activists including Bob Geldof, Darryl Hannah and Jerry Hall, who was there as "a Special Ambassador of The Alliance for a New Humanity". Guests had paid between £1,000 and £50,000 to attend. But a source told The Mail on Sunday: "Many guests looked tired and began to talk among themselves during his speech. Heads began to twitch with tiredness. Where the fuc& is Renu? I didn't pay £50,000 to look at this guy! "Al uses his position for great personal gain. He goes from event to event delivering a similar speech, earning a large fee, and a lot of the time he doesn't actually inform the audience. "He refused to speak to journalists and security would usher away VIP guests and the Press. "He was being very precious and demanded his own VIP room before the event, where he held his own exclusive reception. "The other guests were cut off. It was very clear that many guests were disappointed by this."
"We had to apologise to people who were invited. We wanted to say thank you for all the support that many people had given us, but some of them were asked to leave. "Many guests were invited by the hosts, so why should the speaker have any control over these guests and removing the media? It defeated the object of trying to raise awareness of the cause." A source added: "Al had two people working for him: a woman who was his assistant and a male security officer who enrolled the help of security guards at The Royal Courts of Justice in a military-style operation to guard Al Gore. They took over the show." However, a spokesman for Mr Gore, who won his Oscar for the polemic documentary An Inconvenient Truth, told The Mail on Sunday: "Mr Gore donates a "With regards to the media arrangements, some of Mr Gore's events are open to the media, some of them are not. As you know, he has many open events coming up, including the Nobel Peace Prize. "Unfortunately, this event had more limited availability. I do apologise for that. He does do his best to speak to reporters as often as possible." Fortune Forum, which was founded by socialite ex-model Renu Mehta last year with the aim of attracting wealthy philanthropists to large-scale social and environmental projects, declined to comment. That went well, didn't it? Better donate that £100,000 to charity, Al. Quick.
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Posted by:gorb |
#8 Anyone know if BJ Clinton still commands higher appearance fees than the Goracle, Oscar and Nobel notwithstanding? |
Posted by: doc 2007-12-10 21:49 |
#7 "that is about $6,750/minute or $405,000/hour" I absolutely hate being up in front of other people. But for that amount of money (hell, even half that amount), I will get up in front of a roomful of strangers - or even people I know - and talk more entertaining bullshit that AlBore does. Or better yet, I'll do the talking over a videoconference link and save a shitload of "carbon." |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-12-10 19:48 |
#6 that is about $6,750/minute or $405,000/hour |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-12-10 17:38 |
#5 Well, I just learned something, I thought "polemic documentary" meant something else, I didn't know it meant "Lying sack of shit". You live and learn. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-12-10 16:06 |
#4 The Goracle has been profiting off the Global warming sham for years. It is the only reason he doesn't run for president. Milking the stupid is much more profitable. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2007-12-10 10:55 |
#3 The author writes as though this is a surprise. Gore's been 'receiving' honoraria for years; the only 'surprise' is the amount / rate charged. |
Posted by: Raj 2007-12-10 10:20 |
#2 heh, heh. I bet that picture has Tipper pi**ed. As for his fee, foolz and their money, if you ask me. |
Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2007-12-10 09:51 |
#1 The glittering fundraiser was held in The Royal Courts of Justice and attracted world leaders, entrepreneurs and celebrity activists including Bob Geldof, Darryl Hannah and Jerry Hall, who was there as "a Special Ambassador of The Alliance for a New Humanity". He could not have bored a nicer audience. However, a spokesman for Mr Gore, who won his Oscar for the polemic documentary An Inconvenient Truth, told The Mail on Sunday: "Mr Gore donates a percentage of all of his speaking fees to the Alliance for Climate Protection. So, 1% is still a percent right? |
Posted by: Excalibur 2007-12-10 08:56 |