Eva Longoria has been awarded $50 million for philanthropic efforts by Jeff Bezos.
The 60-year-old businessman – who’s the founding father of Amazon, the net retailer, and one of many richest males on the planet – has awarded the eye-watering sum to Eva, 49, who can now direct the money to the charities of her alternative.
“Twelve years in the past, I began the Eva Longoria Basis, as a result of Latinos consider within the American dream, however we don’t at all times have sufficient entry to it. I’m honored and thrilled to have this chance to construct and broaden on that work to spend money on the infrastructure of alternative for my neighborhood,” the actress finest identified for enjoying Gabrielle Solis on the hit ABC sequence “Determined Housewives” mentioned.
Final yr, Eva claimed that her political activism is extra vital to her than her personal recognition.
The “Younger and the Stressed” actress has been outspoken about numerous political and social points over time, however Eva doesn’t fear about dropping followers due to her views.
“There are issues which can be much more vital than field workplace and viewers,” Eva advised ELLE’s Ladies in Hollywood problem.
“Ladies’s rights are essential. The dismantling of human rights, of well being care programs, of schooling programs. The banning of books. These are very harmful issues that have to be talked about, checked out, voted on, and advocated for. So it’s not an ‘Oooh, do I do it?’ I’ve to do it. It’s nonnegotiable.
“I don’t ever assume, ‘I’m going to alienate half an viewers’ or ‘I’m going to lose some Twitter followers.’ That doesn’t matter to me if I’m saving democracy,” she added.
