When celebs stop by to say hi

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  1. When celebs stop by to say hi

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      Seems well-intentioned and sweet.
    • 40
      Obviously an exploitative publicity stunt.
    • 28
      Don't care, move on.
    • 36
      Give my number to Chris Hemsworth if you see him.

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So, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and some other random celebrities I've never heard of hit up the Peds hospital at Tufts to promote the all-ladies remake of Ghostbusters.

Apparently a bunch of people are really pissed, mainly saying its exploiting children who have never heard of Ghostbusters and obviously don't give a flying fart.

Yay?

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Or nay?

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People Are Attacking This Hospital's Facebook After The Female Ghostbusters Came To Visit - BuzzFeed News

So... Back to those pediatric patients...

Sorry. Still thinking about Joe.

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My thoughts are: Chris Hemsworth. Yes, I am the 1 vote.

Who's this Hemsworth person?

So... Back to those pediatric patients...

I am late to the party . . .but I had to google Chris Hemsworth too. Of course, I know Thor! :)

I'm not crazy about celebs doing this and then publicizing it.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

Holy smokes! I have no clue how a thread about kids in a hospital turned into so much eye candy, but please continue!

ps I third Joe Manganiello and thanks bunches for my fave Shemar Moore, he's my free pass even though hubby disagrees.

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Specializes in Hospice.
And since someone else started it...

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Oh, yeah...

My family thinks I'm addicted to Criminal Minds for the deep, topical story lines...Bwahahaha!!

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I am late to the party . . .but I had to google Chris Hemsworth too. Of course, I know Thor! :)

I'm not crazy about celebs doing this and then publicizing it.

It wasn't the celebs that publicized it, it was the hospital. Melissa McCarthy's facebook page doesn't mention it at all. Kristen Wiig doesn't appear to have an official facebook page, just one that's automatically generated with Wikipedia content. Kate McCinnon's facebook page hasn't been updated since May and when I search "Leslie Jones" on facebook, it leads me to a profile of someone who works at McDonald's.

This is par the course for pediatric hospitals, there are always celebrities and local sports heroes around. I ran into the New England Patriots while teaching a family how to mix IV antibiotics for home administration a few weeks ago. In 8 years of being a pediatric nurse, I've never seen this kind of negativity towards something that happens regularly in pediatrics before.

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It wasn't the celebs that publicized it, it was the hospital. .

Ah, well that's the reason folks should look at the original link then. Which I did not.

Thanks.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Well, THIS makes me feel all torn and uncomfortable. Because in pic #1 we see a cute 20/30something dude loving the photo op, but CLEARLY the little girl (boy?) in the second photo is UNCOMFORTABLE. Like..."Who the EFF are these people in the ICU?"

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He looks like what's-his-name-Khal-Drago-from GOT. Yes please. ;p

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Oh, yeah...

My family thinks I'm addicted to Criminal Minds for the deep, topical story lines...Bwahahaha!!

Yeah. The story lines. That's it!

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

The Facebook pictures make me think the hospital had a case of the swoons, and it had nothing to do with making kids happy, unless the kids are regular readers of Variety, the Hollywood Reporter and the "in production" notices on Imdb.com

My experience is that celebrity visits are usually low-key, and the charm is usually due to the child recognizing the celebrity and interacting with them.

That poor kid in the bed looked like a prop.

Now if someone drove the original ambulance down the hall and playfully slimed those kids who could handle it, well OK then! I myself would love to see the eggs breaking by themselves in Dana's fridge again, who wouldn't?

(I'm a total fangirl for the original seeing as how I had to watch the thing hundreds of times with my then 4 yr old stepdaughter!):D

Not gonna post eye candy but if I did it would be in a perfectly tailored tuxedo.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

That poor kid in the bed looked like a prop.

That's exactly what my issue with the whole thing.

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