Sex and the City star Kristin Davis was approached by a entrepreneurial member of the Boy Scouts of America, who was trying to sell her some popcorn to help him raise money for his organization, as she left a grocery store in Brentwood, CA. Despite the lad’s rosy cheeked disposition and polite sales pitch, Kristin decided to take a pass and the young scout was left brutally rebuffed:
It would be terribly unfair (altho, really kinda funny) to imply that Kirstin Davis is a heartless, cold-hearted ice queen for denying this innocent young boy so let’s just assume that she either A.) is not a popcorn fan, B.) was in a hurry and couldn’t tarry or C.) has a strict policy against funding the Boy Scouts when all of her extra money goes to the Girl Scouts and their delicious cookies. Let this be a lesson to folks lookin’ to raise funds for non-profit organizations … cookies equal $$$, popcorn equals :(
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Out of all the SATC gals, I would think KD would be the sweetest. You can’t really tell a lot in those 2 pictures. The second pic looks like she turned her head. Maybe she is smiling at another Boy Scout? Either way, she’s got plenty of cash! Donate!
Or, D) Had her hands tied and didn’t feel compelled enough to put down her shopping bags for a box of cookies.
I support the Girl Scouts, but on principle alone, I do not support the Boy Scouts. I won’t tell this to the kids’ faces, but I usually tell the parents of the kids hawking Christmas wreaths at work, and they actually understand and respect my decision!
I don’t think you can really judge her character by whether or not she buys popcorn. I think we’ve all turned down a cute girl/boy scout at one point or another; at least she didn’t just buy twenty boxes to make herself look like an angel.
Perhaps she just doesn’t enjoy funding homophobic organizations? I know I did the same thing to the Boy Scouts at my grocery store over the weekend.
I agree with Winona and Hannah. Perhaps she is showing her support of her many gay fans by blatantly ignoring homophobic organizations? When Girl Scout Cookie season (drool) rolls around again, I’m sure we’ll see her with a wagon full of cookies. Oh wait, that’ll be me.
I echo what Hannah, Kai, and Winona have said. I am more than happy to buy super delicious Girl Scout cookies but I will not give a penny to the Boy Scouts since they openly discriminate against homosexuals and teach the boys enrolled to be homophobes by their actions. Shame on the Boy Scouts!
From the pictures, it doesn’t appear that she was rude to the kid. At least she can manage to smile even when people are photographing her and asking for money, unlike some celebrities whose names are Jessica Alba.
That was some expensive popcorn. A small tin was $17.00. I was hit up for one outside Walmart by the Boy Scouts. I did buy it:) but only because I knew the family of the boy scout selling it.
AMEN to not supporting the boy scouts. I do feel bad when those cute little kids ask me at the supermarket but I just CAN”T do it.
Maybe she only had a credit card, I hardly ever have cash on me.
Since when did we start hating on kiddie organizations, like are you guys for real?
yeah boy scouts are sketchy
LOL do you think that boy even knew who she was?
That’s really funny. Shes a busy bee though. =]
It’s sad really that the Boy Scouts are what they are now. They weren’t always like that. It’s especially sad that they have chosen such an exclusionist mentality. I don’t support it either, by the way, but it’s a bummer there isn’t something else for my sons. How about if the Girl Scouts started a branch for boys?
Celebrities deny the grocery store door kids, just like us… kind of nice to see!
(I also agree… BSOA are homophobes, and I would not donate or help them in any way.)
wow…
Maybe the reason why they won’t allow gay kids in boyscouts is because of some incidents that happened and they recieved complaints. They do have a responsibity to discipline and look after the kids you know, unless you know the details, who is to label them as homophobes.
The money raised from the popcorn sales goes to help the Troop, and the other sales go towards things like summer camp (they raise money for that all year). The money goes to help the kids, and scouting, for many, is the only activity that kids do. They go camping all over the place, go to events across the country, and every few years have an event called the World Jamboree which involves scouts from all over the world, the last one was held in 2007 in London. This year, my brother’s troop from Brooklyn, NY not only went to camp in Tennessee, but also spent a week in Pigeon Forge, which has stuff like Dolly Parton’s amusement park, Dollywood. The kids raised the money for it by doing things such as selling popcorn and wreaths, and for a few kids, it was the first real trip they’ve taken. Research a bit before you say that you won’t give just because they won’t accept gay people in the scouts. Hopefully soon they will accept gays in scouting, that would be amazing.
I don’t buy from the kids at the grocery store, only from the ones that come to my house – my neighbor’s kids, whom I know personally.
And I had no idea that they wouldn’t let homosexual children in! I mean is it some bizarre “don’t ask don’t tell” policy? That’s awful.