Once again, Australia's "Egg Boy" has proven to be not the hero we deserve, but the one we need.
Will Connolly, you may recall, is the teenager who became an instant star after smashing an egg over the head of a racist, xenophobic Australian politician following the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand. And now he's donating legal funds raised for him on GoFundMe to victims of the shooting.
While it's been known for a few months now that Connolly was going to donate the money, the teen posted on his Instagram account on Tuesday that he finally had made the donation, totaling nearly $100,000. No word if that's in Australian or U.S. dollars and how much, in total, was raised from the GoFundMe campaigns, but we've reached out to GoFundMe for more information. Read more...
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