When celebs stop by to say hi

[adventure_rn]

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?

Or nay?

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

[OCNRN63, RN]

Not to rain on this lovely celebrity smashing parade, but... "The actors showed up after the patients, knowing the movie was filming nearby, put signs up in their windows that spelled out,'Who ya gonna call?'"

Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig visited a children's hospital in full 'Ghostbusters' garb.

Sent from my iPhone -- blame all errors on spellcheck

I wouldn't be surprised if in the case of the second child, the parents were the ones interested in the celebs. That poor kid looks like a combination of miserable and terrified.

[Farawyn]

Awww no! As much as I dislike clowns, there's a children's hospital by me that has a group of retirees dress up as clowns & it just makes the children's day. :)

Yea, I would plotz.

[nursel56]

I understand you can't make everyone happy but you also have to reach out to your audience & that is a *children's* hospital & I wonder what is the median age there? Who really made those signs, the parents or the patients? If the patients, how old are the patients who made the signs? Did PR have anything to do with it either?

I have a hard time believing the kids got together and delegated themselves to write fragments of "who ya gonna call?" on construction paper and taping them to the windows of their separate rooms. I had to enlarge the picture to understand where the supposed signs were. I wouldn't bash either the celebs or the hospital but neither should people refrain from talking about a PR blunder when it occurs just because a pediatric hospital does it.

[Libby1987]

I wouldn't have allowed my child's pic but if actors are going to come in costume they shouldn't lean in like they're taking a selfie. At least be in character.

[gibsongirl]

Photo one - nay. Photo two - yay. Looks terrible. That child looks sick, unhappy. Didn't the parents have to get permission? It looks very stupid. I did not see any flying farts!!