Colin Farrell tears up while discussing homelessness in L.A. on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
Thu, July 8, 2021, 8:09 AM
During what began as an upbeat and fun interview with Colin Farrell on Wednesday, the actor's mood suddenly changed after he brought up the current homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. It's a problem that's not hard to miss, especially in Hollywood, where the show is taped. Farrell was talking about the difficulty of the past year in terms of the pandemic and social unrest with fill-in host Wanda Sykes, before gesturing toward the outside of the building.
“The homelessness here. It's pretty tough to see,” Farrell said, beginning to tear up. “It's pretty tough to see. I don't get it. Am I doing anything about it right now? No. I'd like to think about doing something about it. I don't understand how so many people can be on the street.”
The said there were 66,436 people in Los Angeles County experiencing homelessness as of January 2020. But that number is expected to rise dramatically in a post-COVID world.
How does this happen in the richest ocuntry in the world? I don't get it, either. And trust me, those numbers are way undercounted.
Thu, July 8, 2021, 8:09 AM
During what began as an upbeat and fun interview with Colin Farrell on Wednesday, the actor's mood suddenly changed after he brought up the current homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. It's a problem that's not hard to miss, especially in Hollywood, where the show is taped. Farrell was talking about the difficulty of the past year in terms of the pandemic and social unrest with fill-in host Wanda Sykes, before gesturing toward the outside of the building.
“The homelessness here. It's pretty tough to see,” Farrell said, beginning to tear up. “It's pretty tough to see. I don't get it. Am I doing anything about it right now? No. I'd like to think about doing something about it. I don't understand how so many people can be on the street.”
The said there were 66,436 people in Los Angeles County experiencing homelessness as of January 2020. But that number is expected to rise dramatically in a post-COVID world.
How does this happen in the richest ocuntry in the world? I don't get it, either. And trust me, those numbers are way undercounted.